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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1981

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INDUSTRIAL SAFETY GALA NIGHT

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THE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF SUN HUNG KAI PROPERTIES LTD., MR M.W. KWAN, EXPRESSED THE HOPE TODAY THAT THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY GALA NIGHT SPONSORED BY HIS COMPANY AND ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND REDIFFUSION TELEVISION, WOULD GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS MAK ING EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS MORE CONSCIOUS OF THE BENEFIT OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.

MR KWAN WAS SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE HELD IN THE ROYAL GARDEN HOTEL AT WHICH HE PRESENTED A CHEQUE FOR $150 000 TO THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR AS HIS COMPANY'S CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE PRODUCTION COST OF THE GALA NIGHT IN SUPPORT OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY CAMPAIGN.

THE GALA NIGHT, TO BE PRODUCED BY REDIFFUSION TELEVISION, WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, AT THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL OF BAPTIST COLLEGE, AND WILL FEATURE THE FINALS OF AN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY QUIZ COMPETITION.

MR KWAN SAID HIS FIRM EMPLOYED THOUSANDS OF WORKERS DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY AND THAT THE IR SAFETY AT WORK WAS HIS COMPANY'S MA IN CONCERN.

+IN FACT, WE HAVE OURSELVES SET UP A SMALL UNIT TO LOOK AFTER AND ADVISE ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, HE SAID.

MR KWAN RECALLED THAT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAD EMBARKED ON A PROGRAMME OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY BEGINNING JUST AFTER THE WAR.

+AS HONG KONG IS FAST DEVELOPING AS AN INDUSTRIAL CITY, THIS FORESIGHT ON THE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT ONLY KEPT PACE WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF HONG KONG, BUT HAS ACTUALLY SAVED MANY A LIFE AND LIMB OF THE PEOPLE, HE SAID.

MR YIU YAN-NANG, ACTING ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, IN ACCEPTING THE CHEQUE FROM MR KWAN, SAID THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAD GONE OUT TO COMMERCIAL COMPANIES TO SEEK THE IR SUPPORT IN CO-SPONSOR ING PROJECTS TO PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY IN HONG KONG,

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, HE SAID, WAS GRATEFUL TO SUN HUNG KAI PROPERTIES LTD. FOR THE GENEROUS SUPPORT.

INDUSTRIAL SAFETY WAS A TRIPARTITE AFFAIR, INVOLVING THE GOVERNMENT, THE WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS AND HE WAS GLAD TO SAY THAT THIS YEAR'S CAMPAIGN HAD BEEN FULLY SUPPORTED BY A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF ORGANISATIONS AND FIRMS AS WELL AS WORKERS.

HE EXPRESSED HOPE THAT OTHER COMPANIES WOULD ALSO HELP PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.

THE GALA