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FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1980

AS INSURANCE RATES WERE BASED ON CLAIM EXPERIENCE, A GENERAL IMPROVEMENT IN THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS WOULD CAUSE THE BASIC PREMIUM TO BE REDUCED.

+SIMILARLY, A FIRM WITH AN IMPROVED SAFETY RECORD SHOULD BE ABLE TO SECURE BETTER TERMS FROM ITS INSURER. AS THE AMOUNT INVOLVED BECOMES LARGER THE MONETARY SAVINGS DUE TO IMPROVED SAFETY WILL BECOME MORE VISIBLE.

+IN THIS CONNECTION, HOPE THAT INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL GRANT CERTAIN REDUCTIONS OF PREMIUM AS AN INCENTIVE TO FIRMS EMPLOYING SAFETY OFFICERS,+ HE ADDED.

THE COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCED THAT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY WERE JOINTLY ORGANISING A CONSTRUCTION SAFETY EXHIBITION FROM AUGUST 9 TO 17 AT THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE IN KOWLOON BAY.

+I HOPE YOU WILL VISIT THE EXHIBITION AND ENCOURAGE BOTH WORKERS AND SUPERVISORS IN YOUR FIRMS TO DO THE SAME,+ HE SAID.

MR HENDERSON LATER PRESENTED CERTIFICATES TO MIDDLE- MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WHO HAD COMPLETED THE ONE-YEAR PART-TIME EVENING COURSE.

EARLIER, THE DIRECTOR OF THE POLYTECHNIC, DR KEITH LEGG, SAID THE SUCCESS OF THE COURSE HAD BEEN REFLECTED BY THE FACT THAT THERE WERE 271 APPLICATIONS FOR ADMISSION IN THE COMING ACADEMIC YEAR.

+WITH THE RECENT HIGH RATE OF SERIOUS INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS IN HONG KONG, I CANNOT OVER-STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROGRAMME.

+ IT IS EVIDENT THAT IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THIS SITUATION, ACTIVE MEASURES MUST BE TAKEN IN THE TRAINING OF MORE QUALIFIED SAFETY OFFICERS WHO WILL BRING HOME THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL IN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TO MANAGEMENT STAFF AND WORKERS ALIKE, HE NOTED.

DR LEGG POINTED OUT THAT THE COURSE WAS ONE OF THOSE OFFERED BY THE POLYTECHNIC IN CONJUNCTION WITH INDUSTRY, COMMERCE AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO MEET THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF SOCIETY.

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