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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1980

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CONSTRUCTION FIRMS INVITED TO EXHIBITION

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CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES WERE TODAY (WEDNESDAY) URGED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SITE SAFETY EXHIBITION BEING STAGED AT NGAU TAU KOK.

THE EXHIBITION, WHICH RUNS FOR ANOTHER FOUR DAYS AT THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE, IS BEING ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY.

DEPUTY CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR, MR YIP YUK-LUN SAID CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES SHOULD NOT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO IMPRESS THE BENEFITS OF SITE SAFETY UPON THEIR WORKERS.

+SO FAR THE EXHIBITION HAS ATTRACTED MORE THAN 2 000 VISITORS, MOST OF WHOM APPEAR TO BE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS.

+THE EXHIBITION SITE IS A LITTLE OUT OF THE WAY, SO THE PEOPLE WHO DO VISIT ARE OBVIOUSLY GENUINELY CONCERNED WITH SAFETY, HE SAID.

ADMISSION TO THE EXHIBITION, OPEN TILL AUGUST 17, IS FREE.

IT WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE AUTHORITY'S CHAIRMAN,

MR M.T. GEOFFREY YEH, ON SATURDAY.

ITS AIM IS TO HAMMER HOME, BY MEANS OF DISPLAYS AND DEMONSTRATIONS, THE VARIOUS SAFETY MEASURES THAT SHOULD BE ADOPTED AT CONSTRUCTION SITES.

+ IT IS HOPED THAT IT WILL HELP REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CONSTRUCTION SITE ACCIDENTS, MR YIP SAID.

HE ADDED THAT THE EXHIBITION WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS DISPLAYS OF MACHINERY ON THE PREMISES OF THE TRAINING CENTRE, AND DEMONSTRATIONS AT THE CENTRE'S OPEN GROUND.

THE EXHIBITION IS OPEN FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM DAILY.

CHUK YUEN BUILDING DANGEROUS

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THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY (WEDNESDAY) DECLARED NO. 24A CHUK YUEN, SECTION 1 (EAST), NEW KOWLOON, TO BE IN A DANGEROUS CONDITION AND NOS. 25 AND 25A CHUK YUEN, ARE LIABLE TO BECOME DANGEROUS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR SAID THESE TWO-STOREY VILLAGE-TYPE HOUSES, CONSTRUCTED OF LOADBEARING WALLS AND PITCHED ROOFS, WERE INSPECTED FOLLOWING A COMPLAINT.

THE REAR WALL OF NO. 24A WAS FOUND TO HAVE MOVED OUTWARDS AT THE TOP AND THERE WERE STRUCTURAL CRACKS IN THE FRONT AND SIDE WALLS.

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