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TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1980
LABOUR COMMISSIONER OPENS INDUSTRIAL SAFETY SEMINAR
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A SAFER WORKING ENVIRONMENT WILL NOT ONLY REDUCE ACCIDENTS LABOUR DISPUTES AND STAFF TURNOVER BUT ALSO IMPROVE WORKERS' MORALE, DISCIPLINE AND PRODUCTIVITY.
THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, HR J.C.A. HAMMOND, SAID THIS TODAY (TUESDAY) IN HIS OPENING ADDRESS TO AN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY SEMINAR ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ASSOCIATION.
HE POINTED OUT THAT INDUSTRIAL SAFETY PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS.
THE CODE OF LABOUR RELATIONS PRACTICE PUBLISHED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT STRESSED THAT GOOD PHYSICAL WORKING CONDITIONS HELPED TO ACHIEVE GOOD LABOUR RELATIONS, INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND REDUCE ACCIDENTS.
IT ALSO POINTED OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF MANAGEMENT PROVIDING A SAFE AND HEALTHY WORKING ENVIRONMENT, ENCOURAGING WORKERS AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES TO CO-OPERATE ÎN IMPROVING WORKING CONDITIONS AND PROVIDING FOR CONSULTATION WITH WORKERS OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES ON WORKING CONDITIONS.
MR HAMMOND NOTED THAT THERE WERE NUMEROUS CASES OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY PROBLEMS IN HONG KONG WHICH DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY AFFECTED LABOUR RELATIONS, PRODUCTION AND EARNINGS.
+MOST MANAGEMENTS TEND TO LOOK ON PROVISIONS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AS AN ADDITIONAL COST AND SELDOM TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS.
+A SAFER WORKING ENVIRONMENT WILL REDUCE NOT ONLY ACCIDENTS BUT ALSO LABOUR DISPUTES AND LABOUR TURNOVER. IT WILL IMPROVE EMPLOYEES' MORALE, PRODUCTIVITY AND DISCIPLINE,+ HE NOTED.
MR HAMMOND STRESSED THAT INDUSTRIAL SAFETY WAS BENEFICIAL TO BOTH MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES AND SHOULD BE A FERTILE GROUND FOR MANAGEMENT/WORKER CO-OPERATION.
HE SUGGESTED THAT IN SITUATIONS WHERE WORKERS' ORGANISATIONS WERE NOT VERY EFFECTIVE AT THE PLANT LEVEL, MANAGEMENT MUST TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO INVOLVE WORKERS IN THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS AND THE PROMOTION OF SAFETY.
+WITHOUT WORKERS' PARTICIPATION MANAGEMENT ALONE CANNOT HOPE TO SUCCEED. THIS IS PRECISELY THE SITUATION HONG KONG IS IN AT THE PRESENT MOMENT.
+ IT IS REGRETTABLE THAT OUR IMAGE OF ECONOMIC SUCCESS SHOULD BE TARNISHED, TO SOME EXTENT, BY OUR POOR RECORD OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.
+1 THEREFORE URGE YOU MOST STRONGLY AS MANAGERS TO EXPLORE WAYS AND MEANS OF GAINING THE CO-OPERATION OF YOUR WORKFORCE IN THE PURSUIT OF WORK SAFETY.+
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