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THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1981

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THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ONE IS AN AUDIO-VISUAL-LIGHT EXHIBITION ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH TO BE HELD AT THE KESWICK HALL OF THE POLYTECHNIC.

EARLIER, THE DIRECTOR OF THE POLYTECHNIC, DR KEITH LEGG, POINTED OUT THAT THE TRAINING COURSE -- RUN FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN SUCCESSION HAD AGAIN PROVED TO BE EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL.

EIGHTY PERSONS FROM 171 APPLICANTS HAD BEEN SELECTED FOR THE COURSE IN THE COMING ACADEMIC YEAR, AND THIS CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED THE FAVOURABLE RESPONSE FROM EMPLOYERS TOWARDS INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.

APART FROM THE COURSE, THE POLYTECHNIC HAD MADE CONSIDERABLE EFFORTS TO PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY GENERALLY WITH POLYTECHNIC STUDENTS.

LAST YEAR, THE POLYTECHNIC INTRODUCED A COMPREHENSIVE MANDATORY THREE-PHASE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY COURSE FOR ALL FULL-TIME ENGINEER ING STUDENTS.

IN THE CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR, A TOTAL OF 860 ENGINEER ING STUDENTS HAD COMPLETED THE THIRD-PHASE OF THIS COURSE.

SAFETY AWARENESS WAS NOT LIMITED TO ENGINEERING STUDENTS, DR LEGG ADDED.

IN THE SAME PERIOD, 500 STUDENTS FROM NON-ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS HAD VOLUNTARILY ATTENDED ANOTHER INDUSTRIAL SAFETY COURSE CONDUCTED IN THE POLYTECHNIC BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

APART FROM STUDENT AWARENESS, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE POLYTECHNIC INDUSTRIAL CENTRE ARE NOW PLANNING TO OFFER INDUSTRIAL SAFETY EDUCATION TO ACADEMIC TECHNICAL STAFF OF THE POLYTECHNIC AND OTHER TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.

+THOSE WHO COMPLETE THIS ONE-YEAR COURSE WILL THEN BE QUALIFIED TO LECTURE ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY MATTERS AND WE BELIEVE THAT BY SO DOING, INDUSTRIAL SAFETY EDUCATION WILL BE EXPANDED EVEN MORE EFFECTIVELY, HE NOTED.

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