XN000022-1983-03-27 — Page 4

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SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 1983

THERE HAS ALSO BEEN CONSIDERABLE EXPANSION IN SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOLS AND TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS WHICH NOW PROVIDE VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL TRAINING FOR OVER 61 000 PEOPLE A YEAR.

THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT, FOR ITS PART, HAS STEPPED UP ITS INVESTMENT PROMOTION PROGRAMMES AND ESTABLISHED FOUR OVERSEAS OFFICES IN TOKYO, LONDON, SAN FRANCISCO AND STUTTGART IN 1982.

NEW SOPHISTICATED PRODUCTS NOW BEING MADE IN HONG KONG INCLUDE TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, POLYSTYRENE, HIGH-GRADE DRILLING EQUIPMENT AND MACHINE TOOLS, PRECISION ENGINEERING COMPONENTS, MINIATURE LIGHT BULBS AND COMPUTER PARTS.

HONG KONG SHOULD FOLLOW UK'S EXAMPLES

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HONG KONG HAS MUCH TO LEARN FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM IN THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS AT WORK.

ON ONE HAND, LOCAL WORKERS SHOULD FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN UK TO ATTACH MORE IMPORTANCE TO WORK SAFETY.

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ON THE OTHER HAND, LOCAL EMPLOYERS SHOULD PROVIDE MORE MODERN SAFETY EQUIPMENT FOR THEIR WORKERS, AS IT IS THE CASE IN UK.

THESE WERE THE VIEWS OF THE WINNING TEAM OF THE SAFETY AT WORK+ TELEVISION PROGRAMME, WHICH RETURNED FROM UK THIS MORNING (SUNDAY) AFTER A 10-DAY PRIZE-WINNING TRIP.

THE TEAM LEADER, MR CHOU HAN-SHENG, SAID HE OBSERVED THAT BOTH THE MANAGEMENT AND WORKERS IN UK GAVE TOP PRIORITY TO WORK SAFETY.

+WORKERS THERE TOOK EVERY NECESSARY STEP TO AVOID GETTING HURT AT WORK, EVEN THIS MIGHT AFFECT THE PACE OF PRODUCTION. AT THE SAME TIME, THE MANAGEMENT PROVIDED MODERN SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND STRICTLY COMPLIED WITH STATUTORY SAFETY REGULATIONS, HE ADDED.

CITING EXAMPLES OF THE MANAGEMENT GIVING TOP PRIORITY TO WORK SAFETY, MR CHOU POINTED OUT THAT MARS - THE WORLD FAMOUS CHOCOLATE FACTORY HAS A CLINIC AS BIG AS A HOSPITAL MANNED BY FULL-TIME DOCTORS AND NURSES ON THREE SHIFTS. IT ALSO HAD A FULL-TIME SAFETY OFFICER WHO LOOKS AFTER ALL ASPECTS OF WORK SAFETY AS IT IS THE CASE WITH OTHER FACTORIES.

THE MANAGEMENT HAS ESTABLISHED VERY GOOD COMMUNICATION CHANNELS FOR DISCUSSING OR EXCHANGING VIEWS ON SAFETY MATTERS WITH WORKERS,+ HE ADDED.

/MR CHOU