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TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1982

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FACTORY OPERATORS WARNED ABOUT DANGER OF EXPLOSION

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PROPRIETORS AND OPERATORS OF PLASTIC FACTORIES WERE WARNED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY A SPOKESMAN OF THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE DIVISION OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE DANGERS IN

RE-GENERATING PLASTICS FROM USED OR REJECTED PLASTIC ARTICLES AND MATERIALS.

THE WARNING WAS GIVEN FOLLOWING AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE IN A TSING YI ISLAND PLASTIC FACTORY YESTERDAY IN WHICH SEVEN WORKERS WERE INJURED.

STRESSING THAT USED OR REJECTED PLASTIC CONTAINERS SHOULD BE HANDLED WITH ABSOLUTE CARE, HE SAIDS +PROPRIETORS AND OPERATORS IN THIS TYPE OF INDUSTRY SHOULD ENSURE THAT ALL PLASTIC CONTAINERS WHICH MAY HAVE CONTAINED FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS OR LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS SHOULD BE THOROUGHLY CLEANSED TO GET RID OF ANY RESIDUAL LIQUID OR GAS BEFORE THEY ARE BROKEN AND RE-EXTRUDED BY MACHINES TO FORM PLASTIC GRANULES.+

THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT RESIDUAL FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS OR GAS WHEN RELEASED IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITY AND MIXED WITH AIR COULD FORM A FLAMMABLE ATMOSPHERE AND COULD CAUSE AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE WHEN IGNITED.

ANYONE NEEDING ADVICE CAN CONTACT THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE DIVISION OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

HONG KONG JURY LIST ***

A FURTHER LIST OF COMMON JURORS WILL BE POSTED ON THE NOTICE BOARD OF THE SUPREME COURT BUILDING ON MONDAY (MAY 24), THE REGISTRAR OF THE SUPREME COURT, MR NICHOLAS JOHN BARNETT ANNOUNCED.

THE LIST WILL REMAIN POSTED FOR 14 DAYS DURING WHICH PERIOD ANY PERSON MAY APPLY BY NOTICE IN WRITING TO THE REGISTRAR REQUIRING THAT HIS NAME OR THE NAME OF SOME OTHER PERSON BE POSTED OR REMOVED UPON CAUSE DULY ASSIGNED IN SUCH NOTICE.

THE REGISTRAR SHALL IN HIS DISCRETION, POST OR REMOVE SUCH NAME ACCORDINGLY AND SHALL IF NECESSARY ALTER THE LIST.

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