SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 1983
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SAFETY PLEA TO SUMMER JOB STUDENTS
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (SUNDAY) REMINDED STUDENTS DOING SUMMER JOBS IN FACTORIES TO TAKE ALL PRECAUTIONS AGAINST POSSIBLE INJURY AT WORK.
THE DEPARTMENT ALSO URGED FACTORY PROPRIETORS CONCERNED TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THE SAFETY OF THE STUDENTS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT ADVISED SUMMER-JOB SEEKERS TO AVOID JOBS WITH HIGH RISK OF ACCIDENT,
TO STUDENTS WORKING IN FACTORIES, THE SPOKESMAN OFFERED THIS ADVICE: +BE CAREFUL WITH POWER-DRIVEN MACHINERY. ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND CHEMICALS USED IN INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES. IF NOT PROPERLY HANDLED OR OPERATED, THEY COULD INJURE, MAIM, OR EVEN KILL. +
HE FURTHER REMINDED FACTORY PROPRIETORS THAT STUDENTS, BEING UNTRAINED AND INEXPERIENCED IN THE IR SUMMER JOBS, WERE VULNERABLE TO INDUSTRIAL HAZARDS.
+FACTORY PROPRIETORS SHOULD, THEREFORE, ENSURE THAT THOSE IN THE IR EMPLOY ARE CLOSELY AND PROPERLY SUPERVISED AND NOT GIVEN JOBS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS OR WHICH INVOLVE THE OPERATION OF DANGEROUS MACHINERY,+ HE SAID.
HE POINTED OUT THAT A SUMMER JOB STUDENT INJURED AT WORK, LIKE OTHER EMPLOYEES, IS ENTITLED TO CLAIM COMPENSATION UNDER THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE REGARDLESS OF HIS LENGTH OF SERVICE.
HE SAID FACTORY MANAGEMENTS SHOULD NOTIFY THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION UNIT OF ANY ACCIDENT WITHIN SEVEN DAYS AFTER ITS OCCURRENCE IF THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS GIVEN SICK LEAVE BY THE DOCTOR FOR MORE THAN THREE DAYS.
+ANY EMPLOYER WHO, WITHOUT REASONABLE CAUSE, FAILS TO DO SO, IS LIABLE ON SUMMARY CONVICTION TO A FINE OF $1 000,+ HE ADDED.
BETTER ACCOMMODATION FOR ELDERLY BEDSPACE LODGERS'
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THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD HAS APPROVED AN ALLOCATION OF $30 000 TO CONVERT TWO FLATS IN KWUN LUNG LAU, KENNEDY TOWN, INTO A DORMITORY FOR 12 ELDERLY +BEDSPACE LODGERS+
THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR LEE KAI-FAT, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THE LODGERS, ALSO KNOWN AS +CAGEMEN+, HAD BEEN LIVING IN VERY OLD TENEMENT FLATS CROWDED WITH DOUBLE OR TRIPLE BUNKS.
THE IR PERSONAL BELONGINGS ARE PLACED ON THE BEDS WHICH ARE USUALLY SURROUNDED BY IRON WIRE MESH FOR SECURITY.
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