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NEW SAFETY REGULATIONS EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1

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TWO SETS OF REGULATIONS DESIGNED TO PROTECT WORKERS' HEARING AND TO ENSURE THE SAFE USE OF ELECTRICITY IN INDUSTRY WILL COME INTO FORCE ON DECEMBER 1 THIS YEAR.

THIS WAS DISCLOSED BY ACTING ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR YIU YAN-NANG, WHEN HE OUTLINED THE RECENT DEVELOPMENT IN THE PROMOTION OF INDÚSTRIAL SAFETY AT THE LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF HONG KONG NORTHWEST TODAY (TUESDAY).

ONE SET OF THE REGULATIONS, HE SAID, REQUIRES PROPRIETORS OF INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAK INGS TO PROVIDE EAR PROTECTORS TO WORKERS EXPOSED TO EXCESSIVE NOISE, AND TO MAINTAIN THE IR PLANTS PROPERLY SO AS TO REDUCE NOISE. IT ALSO REQUIRES WORKERS TO WEAR PROTECTORS PROVIDED FOR THEM.

A CODE OF PRACTICE FOR THE PROTECTION OF HEARING IN INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS HAS ALSO BEEN PRODUCED TO COMPLEMENT THE REGULATIONS, AND WILL SERVE AS A TECHNICAL GUIDE TO INDUSTRY FOR HEARING PROTECTION AND NOISE CONTROL IN THE WORKPLACE.

THE OTHER SET OF REGULATIONS PROVIDES FOR THE SAFE USE OF ELECTRICITY IN INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAK INGS, AND THE MAIN PROVISIONS INCLUDE PROPER CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION, AND PROTECTION OF SWITCHES, SWITCHBOARDS, CONDUCTORS, ELECTRICAL MOTORS AND ELECTRICAL APPARATUS.

COPIES OF GUIDES TO THE REGULATIONS ARE AVAILABLE FREE OF

CHARGE AT ALL OFFICES OF THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE.

TO COMPLEMENT THE ENACTMENT OF SAFETY REGULATIONS, MR YIU POINTED OUT, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAD LAUNCHED A PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.

THE CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES HAD BECOME MORE COMPREHENSIVE, IMAGINATIVE AND SOPHISTICATED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, INVOLVING VERY EXTENSIVE PARTICIPATION BY EMPLOYERS, WORKERS, THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THE MASS MEDIA, HE SAID.

ONE OF THE SUCCESSFUL ACTIVITIES WAS THE +SAFETY EXTRAVAGANZA+ WHICH IS BEING RE-STAGED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF HONG KONG FOLLOWING

ITS SUCCESSFUL DEBUT AT HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC EARLY THIS YEAR.

ANOTHER POPULAR ITEM WAS THE SECOND SAFETY AT WORK TELEVISION PROGRAMME WHICH WILL BE SCREENED ON HK-TVB NEXT MONTH.

THE PROGRAMME, CONSISTING OF 13 EPISODES, WILL DRAW PARTICIPATION BY 27 TEAMS OF WORKERS FROM THE MANUFACTURING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES, AND WILL INVOLVE HOME VIEWERS THROUGH A QUIZ COMPETITION.

FOR THE FIRST TIME ON FRIDAY (OCTOBER 22), HK-TVB'S +ENJOY YOURSELF TONIGHT+ PROGRAMME WILL BE DEDICATED ENTIRELY TO PROMOTING INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.

MR YIU SAID THAT UNTIL PEOPLE VOLUNTARILY ADOPTED SAFETY MEASURES. SAFETY REGULATIONS REMAINED THE MOST IMPORTANT INSTRUMENT IN BRINGING ABOUT A SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT.

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