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THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1982

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DETAILS OF SAFETY AT WORK+ TV PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED

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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE TREATED TO ANOTHER +SAFETY AT WORK+ TELEVISION PROGRAMME LATER THIS YEAR, WHICH IS A MAJOR PART OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S CURRENT MILLION-DOLLAR INDUSTRIAL SAFETY CAMPAIGN.

AND THE WINNING TEAM OF THIS HALF-MILLION-DOLLAR TV PRODUCTION WILL BE AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE OF AN EIGHT-DAY, ALL EXPENSE PAID HOLIDAY IN BRITAIN.

OTHER PARTICIPATING TEAMS, FROM BOTH THE MANUFACTURING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES, WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO WIN VARIOUS PRIZES WORTH A TOTAL OF MORE THAN $300 000. THESE INCLUDE A FREE TRIP TO THAILAND FOR THE FIRST RUNNER-UP, HI-FI SETS, TV VIDEO RECORDERS, ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES, SUMPTUOUS DINNERS, JEWELLERY AND CAMPING AND SPORTS GEAR.

IN ADDITION, THERE WILL BE COLOUR TV SETS AND JEWELLERY FOR HOME VIEWERS.

THE TELEVISION PROGRAMME WAS FIRST ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, RTHK AND THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES LAST YEAR TO EDUCATE WORKERS IN THE MANUFACTURING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THE NEED TO IMPROVE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY STANDARDS.

THE PROGRAMME WAS SO SUCCESSFUL LAST YEAR THAT THE ORGANISERS DECIDE TO REPEAT IT THIS YEAR WITH AN IMPROVED FORMAT AND MORE WORKERS' PARTICIPATION.

DETAILS OF THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMME WERE ANNOUNCED AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (THURSDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE CONFERENCE, ACTING ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR YIU YAN-NANG, SAID THAT THE NUMBER OF EPISODES FOR THIS YEAR'S TV PROGRAMME HAD BEEN INCREASED FROM 10 TO 13 AND THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING TEAMS FROM 18 TO 27.

THE TEAMS WOULD BE COMPETING IN ELIMINATING ROUNDS AND THE FINAL WINNING TEAM WILL BE FLOWN TO BRITAIN IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH NEXT YEAR.

MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF THE PRIZES HAVE BEEN DONATED BY COMMERCIAL FIRMS, INCLUDING THE RETURN AIR TICKETS TO THE UK BY SHU ON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.

THANKING RTHK AND THE FEDERATION AND THE MANY FIRMS WHICH DONATED PRIZES, MR YIU POINTED OUT THAT INVOLVEMENT OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN COMMUNITY PROJECTS SUCH AS INDUSTRIAL SAFETY WAS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE AND WOULD ENABLE THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY MESSAGE TO REACH EVERY HOME AND WORKPLACE IN HONG KONG.

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