SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 1982
MR KARL STUMPE CHAIRMAN OF THE PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICİT-JF- TTEE OF ACAN, WILL OFFICIATE AT A SWITCH-ON CEREMON BEFÜHL THE CONCERT.
FREE ADMISSION TICKETS TO THE MORSE PARK CONCERT WILL BE AVAILABLE TOMORROW (MONDAY) FROM THE WONG TAI SIN CITY DISTRICT OFFICE AND ITS SUB-OFF ICES- ICAC ME TUNG OFFICE WONG TAI SIN COMMUNITY CENTRE- AND TOM LEE PIANO COMPANY TSIM SHA TSUI BRANCH OFFICE.
DETAILS OF THE BEACH CONCERT WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER.
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SAFETY REMINDER TO SUMMER JOB STUDENTS
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (SUNDAY) REMINDED STUDENTS DOING SUMMER JOBS IN FACTORIES TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO GET HURT AT WORK.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE DEPARTMENT ALSO URGED THE FACTORY PROPRIETORS CONCERNED TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THE SAFETY OF THE STUDENTS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT THERE WERE IN THE PAST A FEW CASES OF SUMMER JOB STUDENTS GETTING, HURT AT WORK.
HE THEREFORE ADVISED SUMMER JOB SEEKERS TO STAY AWAY FROM JOBS WITH HIGH RISK OF ACCIDENT.
TO STUDENTS WORKING IN FACTORIES, THE SPOKESMAN OFFERED THE ADVICE: +BEWARE OF POWER-DRIVEN MACHINERY, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND CHEMICAL USED IN INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES. IF NOT PROPERLY HANDLED OR OPERATED THEY COULD INJURE, MAIM, OR EVEN KILL.+
HE FURTHER REMINDED FACTORY PROPRIETORS THAT STUDENTS, BEING UNTRAINED AND INEXPERIENCED IN THEIR SUMMER JOBS, WERE VULNERABLE TO INDUSTRIAL HAZARDS.
+FACTORY PROPRIETORS SHOULD, THEREFORE, ENSURE THAT THOSE IN THE IR EMPLOY ARE CLOSELY AND PROPERLY SUPERVISED AND NOT GIVEN JOBS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS OR WHICH INVOLVE THE OPERATION OF DANGEROUS MACHINERY, HE SAID.
A SUMMER JOB STUDENT INJURED AT WORK, LIKE OTHER EMPLOYEES, HAD THE RIGHT TO CLAIM COMPENSATION UNDER THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE REGARDLESS OF THE LENGTH OF HIS SERVICE.
HE SAID FACTORY MANAGEMENTS SHOULD NOTIFY THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION UNIT OF ANY ACCIDENT WITHIN SEVEN DAYS AFTER OCCURRENCE IF THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS GIVEN SICK LEAVE BY THE DOCTOR FOR MORE THAN THREE DAYS.
*ANY EMPLOYER NO FAILS TO DO SO WITHOUT REASONABLE CAUSE 13 LAKE ON SUMMARY CONVICTION TO A FINE OF $1 000,+ HE ADDED.
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