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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1983

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+SAFETY AT WORK+ TO BE SHOWN ON TV

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THE THIRD +SAFETY AT WORK+ TELEVISION PROGRAMME JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, RTHK AND THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES WILL BE SCREENED ON HK-TVB'S JADE CHANNEL EVERY SUNDAY FROM 5.30 TO 6 PM FOR 13 WEEKS STARTING ON OCTOBER 9.

ANNOUNCING THE SCREENING SCHEDULE AT A PRESS CONFERENCE HELD AT RTHK THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR YIU YAN-NANG, POINTED OUT THAT THE PROGRAMME IS AIMED AT PROMOTING WORK ́SAFETY AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE THROUGH TELEVISION AND PARTICIPATION BY WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS.

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

MR YIU STRESSED THAT REDUCING THE NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS REQUIRED CO-OPERATION AMONG THE PARTIES CONCERNED. IT WAS NOT ENOUGH FOR GOVERNMENT TO LAUNCH PUBLICITY PROGRAMMES AND TO ENACT LEGISLATION; IT ALSO REQUIRED EFFORTS BY EMPLOYERS TO INSTALL SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND TO MONITOR ITS USAGE, AS WELL AS CO-OPERATION BY EMPLOYEES IN OBSERVING SAFETY REGULATIONS.

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+ IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S A TRIPARTITE, EFFORT BY GOVERNMENT, EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES,+ HE NOTED.

MR YIU EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THROUGH THE PROGRAMME EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS WOULD BECOME MORE AWARE OF THE NEED TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO UPGRADE THE STANDARD OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY

IN HONG KONG.

THE PROGRAMME, HE ADDED, 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 CAN PARTICIPATE IN A QUIZ ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY FOR HOME VIEWERS.

THE PROGRAMME CARRIES PRIZES WORTH MORE THAN $300 000,

MANY OF WHICH ARE BY COURTESY OF COMMERCIAL FIRMS.

THE FIRST PRIZE IS AN ALL-EXPENSES, 11-DAY TRIP TO THE WEST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WINNING TEAM, WITH AIR TICKETS PROVIDED BY SHUI ON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LTD.

SCHOOLS URGED TO SET UP ROAD SAFETY TEAMS

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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS CALLED ON ALL SCHOOLS TO SET UP THEIR OWN SCHOOL CROSSING PATROL TEAMS, TO HELP TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS ON THE ROAD INVOLVING SCHOOL CHILDREN.

IN A RECENT CIRCULAR TO ALL SCHOOLS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT NOTED THAT THE AGE GROUP MOST AT RISK IN CROSSING THE ROAD IS BETWEEN SIX AND 14 YEARS,

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