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TURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1982

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MR WONG SAID 217 ACCIDENTS WERE RECORDED IN THE SHIPBUILDING AND SHIPREPAIRING INDUSTRY IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF THIS YEAR AN INCREASE OF 20 PER CENT OVER THE 183 ACCIDENTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

OUT OF THOSE ACCIDENTS, 38 WERE FALLS, WHILE 62 WERE RELATED TO STEPPING ON OR STRIKING AGAINST OBJECTS.

+THIS SHOWS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL ATTACH LITTLE IMPORTANCE TO SAFE WORKING PRACTICES AND GOOD SAFETY MANAGEMENT AT WORKPLACES. CLEARLY MUCH MORE HAS TO BE DONE IN THIS RESPECT,+ HE SAID.

WHILE SAFETY LEGISLATION AND ITS STRICT ENFORCEMENT WAS NECESSARY IN MAINTAINING A BASIC STANDARD OF SAFETY AND HEALTH IN INDUSTRY, NO SAFETY PROMOTION PROGRAMME WAS LIKELY TO SUCCEED WITHOUT THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION AND UNRESERVED CO-OPERATION OF ALL THOSE WHO ACTUALLY MANAGED OR WORKED AT THE WORKPLACE - THE EMPLOYERS, SUPERVISORS AND WORKERS, HE SAID.

AT THE ONE-DAY SEMINAR ORGANISED BY THE SHIPBUILDING AND SHIPREPAIRING INDUSTRY SAFETY SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD, THE PARTICIPANTS HEARD TALKS GIVEN BY SAFETY PROFESSIONALS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICERS AND SAW TWO FILMS ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.

COMPUTER SCANNER IN OPERATION AT QEH

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THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS BEGUN OPERATIONS OF A HIGHLY ADVANCED COMPUTERISED BODY SCANNER AT QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL.

THE COMPUTERISED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER, WHICH COSTS ABOUT $4.5 MILLION, HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN H-BLOCK OF THE HOSPITAL AND WILL BE E A CONSIDERABLE AID TO THE INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY IN DIAGNOSING SERIOUS ILLNESSES.

ONE OF THE MANY FUNCTIONS OF THE MACHINE INCLUDES BODY AND HEAD SCANS, WHICH WILL HELP DETECT AND IDENTIFY POSSIBLE CANCER GROWTHS AS WELL AS EXAMINING HEAD INJURY CASES TO FIND OUT IF THERE IS INTERNAL HEMORRHAGE.

THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR K.L. THONG WILL PERFORM A BRIEF CEREMONY TO MARK THE BEGINNING OF FULL OPERATIONAL SERVICES OF THE NEW COMPUTERISED SCANNER ON DECEMBER 3 (FRIDAY).

NOTE TO EDITORS.

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE CEREMONY WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT AROUND 11 AM, DECEMBER 3, ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF H-BLOCK, QEH.

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