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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1982

+1 SINCERELY HOPE THAT SOME OF THE REAL-LIFE ACCIDENT SITUATIONS WHICH WILL SHORTLY UNFOLD BEFORE YOUR EYES WILL CREATE UNFORGETTABLE IMPRESSIONS ON BOTH WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO BE MORE SAFETY CONSCIOUS, HE ADDED.

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE OPENING, THE DIRECTOR OF THE POLYTECHNIC, DR K.C. LEGG, SAID THAT THE POLYTECHNIC'S CO-SPONSORSHIP OF THIS EVENT UNDERLINED THE EMPHASIS IT PLACED ON SAFETY.

THE POLYTECHNIC FOLLOWED A POSITIVE POLICY IN ENSURING THAT ITS STUDENTS WERE MADE AWARE OF THE PRACTICAL AND THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF GOOD SAFETY PRACTICE, HE SAID.

AS POLYTECHNIC GRADUATES WERE IN THE MAIN EMPLOYED IN THE MANAGERIAL AND SUPERVISORY POSTS, THEY WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO INFLUENCE THE INTRODUCTION AND CONTINUATION OF SAFETY MEASURES AND PRACTICES.

+ IN THE LONGER TERM, THIS SAFETY EDUCATION WILL UNDOUBTEDLY PROVIDE A MULTIPLYING EFFECT OF SPREADING THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY AMONGST WORKERS,+ HE ADDED.

+SAFETY EXTRAVAGANZA+ IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DAILY FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM UNTIL FEBRUARY 28. ON THE FINAL DAY, THAT IS, MARCH 1, IT WILL OPEN FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM.

ADMISSION IS FREE.

NEW REGULATIONS ON TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY

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THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL HAS APPROVED NEW REGULATIONS GOVERNING TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY FOLLOWING THE ENACTMENT LAST YEAR OF THE OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1981.

THE NEW REGULATIONS, PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY) SERVE TO AMEND THE FORM OF CERTIFICATES ISSUED UNDER THE PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE AND RELATE ONLY TO THE FURNISHING OF INFORMATION TO THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON CASES OF TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY.

THE ORDINANCE, WHICH WAS AMENDED IN FEBRUARY 1981, DID NOT INTRODUCE ANY RADICAL CHANGE BUT MERELY SPECIFIED CERTAIN OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH AN ABORTION MAY BE CARRIED OUT LEGALLY

IN APPROVED HOSPITALS OR CLINICS.

UNDER THE NEW REGULATIONS, NEW FORMS ARE TO BE ISSUED TO MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS REPLACING THE EXISTING FORMS TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF NEW GROUNDS FOR TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY PROVIDED IN THE AMENDED ORDINANCE.

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