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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1982

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+DURING THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, 79 SQUATTER FIRES WERE REPORTED, RESULTING IN ABOUT 10 000 PEOPLE HOMELESS.+

HE POINTED OUT THAT MANY OF THESE FIRES WERE CAUSED BY CARELESSNESS AND NEGLIGENCE AND A LITTLE MORE CARE COULD HAVE SAVED NUMEROUS LIVES AND PROPERTY.

+THE PRESENCE OF THESE POSTERS WILL SERVE AS AN EFFECTIVE ON-THE-SPOT REMINDER TO THE RESIDENTS AND HOPEFULLY BRING DOWN THE NUMBER OF FIRES IN FUTURE,+ HE SAID,

'SAFETY AT WORK' TV SHOWS ****

THE SECOND SAFETY AT WORK+ TELEVISION PROGRAMME JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, RTHK AND THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES WILL START ON SUNDAY.

THE 13-EPISODE PROGRAMME WILL THEN CONTINUE TO BE SCREENED ON HK-TVB'S JADE CHANNEL EVERY SUNDAY FROM 5 TO 5.30 PM.

AT A PRESS CONFERENCE HELD AT RTHK THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON, THE ACTING ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR YIU YAN-NANG POINTED OUT THAT THE PROGRAMME WAS AIMED AT SPREADING THE MESSAGE OF WORK SAFETY AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE THROUGH TELEVISION AND PARTICIPATION BY WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS.

+1 FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT PARTICIPATION BY WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS IS AN EFFECTIVE WAY OF PROMOTING SAFETY AT WORK, HE SAID.

THE PROGRAMME IS AN EXCELLENT TELEVISION PRODUCTION AND ITS CONTENTS ARE BOTH ENTERTAINING AND EDUCATIONAL. EVEN WORKERS WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO TAKE PART IN THE PROGRAMME HAVE A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN A QUIZ-FOR-HOME VIEWERS.

+I UNDERSTAND THAT PRIOR TO THE COMPETITION MANY PARTICIPANTS TRIED HARD TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF WORK SAFETY AND SAFETY REGULATIONS IN A BID TO WIN THE FIRST PRIZE, HE SAID.

THE PROGRAMME CARRIES PRIZES WORTH MORE THAN $300 000, MANY OF WHICH ARE BY COURTESY OF COMMERCIAL FIRMS.

WINNERS OF THE FIRST PRIZE WILL RECEIVE AIR TICKETS TO ENGLAND, BY COURTESY OF SHUI ON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERATION'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, MR STANISLAUS TSAO, POINTED OUT AT THE CONFERENCE THAT THE FEDERATION'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE PROGRAMME FORMED PART OF ITS CONTINUING EFFORTS FOR PROMOTING INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.

THE FEDERATION,

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