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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1981

ACCIDENTS:A SERIOUS PROBLEM

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SAFETY IS EVERYONE'S BUSINESS AND IT IS ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT THAT SAFETY CONSCIOUSNESS SHOULD BE INSTILLED IN THE YOUNGER GENERATION, MR CHAN KAM-CHUEN, UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

OFFICIATING AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S 13TH INDUSTRIAL SAFETY POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION, HE NOTED THAT DESPITE RELENTLESS EFFORTS TO PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY BY THE GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS, INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS

IN HONG KONG STILL PRESENTED A SERIOUS PROBLEM.

REFERRING TO THE AIMS OF THE COMPETITION, ORGANISED ANNUALLY WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, MR CHAN SAID IT NOT ONLY AIMED AT AROUSING THE INTEREST OF THE PARTICIPANTS IN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY BUT ALSO THE AWARENESS OF THOSE WORKING IN INDUSTRY TO THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY AT WORK.

HE WAS DELIGHTED THAT SO MANY STUDENTS HAD SHOWN A KEEN INTEREST IN THE COMPETITION.

+YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS COMPETITION HAS NOT ONLY SHOWN YOUR CREATIVE TALENTS IN ART AND GRAPHIC DESIGN BUT ALSO DEMONSTRATED YOUR INTEREST AND CONCERN IN PREVENTING ACCIDENTS IN INDUSTRY.

+IT IS GENERALLY RECOGNISED THAT ATTRACTIVE, INFORMATIVE AND WELL-DESIGNED SAFETY POSTERS CAN DO A LOT TO DRIVE HOME THE VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, MR CHAN TOLD THE PRIZE WINNERS.

MR CHAN SAID THE STANDARD OF THIS YEAR'S ENTRIES WAS EXCEEDINGLY HIGH AND THAT THE PANEL OF JUDGES MUST HAVE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME IN SELECTING THE WINNERS.

MR CHAN LATER PRESENTED CASH PRIZES TO 13 WINNERS,

THE FIRST PRIZE OF $500 WAS WON BY TSE PUI-LEUNG OF METHODIST COLLEGE, WHILE THE SECOND AND THIRD PRIZES OF $400 AND $300 WENT TO YIP PO-HOI AND NG CHI-FAI OF CARITAS BIANCHI COLLEGE OF CAREERS RESPECTIVELY.

THE OTHER 10 WINNERS EACH WON A CONSOLATION PRIZE OF $100.

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