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THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1982
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERATION'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, MR STANISLAUS TSAO, POINTED OUT THAT THE FEDERATION'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE TV PROGRAMME FORMED PART OF ITS CONTINUOUS EFFORTS IN PROMOTING INDUSTRIAL SAFETY,
HE SAID IT IS ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT MORE AND MORE EMPLOYERS ARE AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF, AND ARE EAGERLY SUPPORTING, THE CAUSE OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY. THEIR SUPPORT, WITHOUT WHICH THIS PROGRAMME WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE, WILL GO A LONG WAY IN HELPING TO DRIVE HOME SUCH AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE.+
THE CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE SHUI ON GROUP MR VINCENT H.S. LO, POINTED OUT THAT HIS COMPANY SHARED THE SAME BELIEF AS THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITY THAT INDUSTRIAL SAFETY WAS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF PRODUCTIVITY, AND THAT THE PROMOTION OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY WAS A PRESSING NECESSITY.
APART FROM CO-SPONSORING THE NEW TV SERIES, THE COMPANY WOULD BE SENDING A TEAM OF WORKERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAMME AGAIN.
A SENIOR PRODUCER OF RTHK, MR WILLY NGAI, SAID THAT THE BASIC FORMAT OF THIS YEAR'S PROGRAMME WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THAT OF LAST YEAR'S.
BESIDES THE POPULAR INDUSTRIAL SAFETY QUIZ AND TELEMATCH COMPETITION, THE PROGRAMME WOULD ALSO FEATURE NEWS ABOUT INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND PERFORMANCES BY POPULAR SINGERS.
PRODUCTION OF THE FIRST EPISODE WOULD BEGIN IN THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER WITH SCREENING SCHEDULED THE FOLLOWING MONTH.
MEANWHILE, EMPLOYERS IN THE MANUFACTURING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES HAVE BEEN URGED TO SUPPORT THE +SAFETY AT WORK+ TELEVISION PROGRAMME BY SENDING WORKERS TO TAKE PART IN IT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SAID THAT APPLICATION FORMS WERE AVAILABLE AT RTHK IN BROADCAST DRIVE, THE PUBLICITY UNIT OF THE DEPARTMENT IN LEE GARDENS AND THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE DIVISION IN CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES. THE DEADLINE FOR RETURNING THE APPLICATION FORMS IS SEPTEMBER 30.
ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE ON TELEPHONE 5-778271 EXT. 215.
THE PROGRAMME, THE SPOKESMAN CONTINUED, WOULD CONSIST OF 13 HALF-HOUR EPISODES. THE FIRST NINE EPISODES WOULD BE PRELIMINARY ROUNDS- THE 10TH TO 12TH EPISODES SEMI-FINALS AND THE 13TH EPISODE THE GRAND FINAL.
A TOTAL OF 27 TEAMS FROM BOTH THE MANUFACTURING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES ARE BEING SOUGHT TO TAKE PART IN THE 13 EPISODES.
THREE TEAMS, EACH COMPRISING FIVE CONTESTANTS AND ABOUT 25 +SUPPORTERS+, WOULD BE GROUPED IN EACH OF THE PRELIMINARY ROUNDS IN COMPETITION WITH EACH OTHER. THE NINE WINNING TEAMS FROM THE PRELIMINARY ROUNDS WOULD THEN COMPETE FOR THREE PLACES IN THE SEMI-FINALS.
THE THREE SEMI-FINALISTS WOULD COMPETE FOR THE HONOUR
OF OVERALL WINNER IN THE GRAND FINAL WHICH WOULD BE HELD OUTDOORS,
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