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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1984

IT WAS ALSO ENCOURAGING TO NOTE THAT THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR WAS 6 618, AS AGAINST LAST YEAR'S FIGURE OF 6 711.

+ THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, DUE TO THE NATURE OF ITS WORK HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONSIDERED THE MOST HAZARDOUS INDUSTRY WITH THE HIGHEST ACCIDENT FIGURES AMONG MAJOR INDUSTRIES IN HONG KONG, + MR TAM SAID.

IN ADDITION TO THE HUMAN LOSS AND SUFFERING, THESE SERIOUS ACCIDENTS HAD CAUSED A BIG AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION TO BE PAID.

HE WELCOMED THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, WHICH CAME INTO EFFECT IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR, WITH THE AIM OF PROTECTING WORKERS WORKING AT HEIGHTS.

MR TAM STRESSED THE NEED FOR EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYEES AND THE GOVERNMENT TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER FOR GREATER WORK SAFETY.

THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SAFETY SEMINAR, HELD AT THE CHINESE YMCA, WAS ORGANISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SAFETY SUB-COMMITTEE

OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD.

TALKS ON SAFE WORKING AT HEIGHTS, BAMBOO SCAFFOLDINGS AND SAFETY BELTS AND NETS WERE ALSO GIVEN AT THE SEMINAR BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND EXPERTS FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

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LIBRARY FOR MONG KOK DISTRICT

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A COMPREHENSIVE LIBRARY, WITH A FLOOR AREA OF 1 400 SQUARE METRES, WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE FA YUEN STREET URBAN COUNCIL COMPLEX SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN THREE YEARS' TIME, REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM SAID TONI (FRIDAY).

+TWO MORE URBAN COUNCIL COMPLEXES AT SAI YEE STREET AND TA' KOK TSUI WILL PROVIDE MORE CULTURAL AND SPORTS FACILITIES WHEN THEY ARE COMPLETED IN 1989 AND 1990 RESPECTIVELY, MR WIGGHAM SAID.

HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE MONG KOK DISTRICT CULTURAL AND SPORTS FESTIVAL.

PLANS ARE ALSO IN HAND TO BUILD AN ADDITIONAL GAMES HALL NEXT TO THE EXISTING BOUNDARY STREET INDOOR GAMES HALL IN 1986.

+IN A BUILT-UP DISTRICT LIKE MONG KOK, WHICH IS THE SMALLEST BUT YET THE SECOND MOST DENSELY POPULATED DISTRICT IN HONG KONG. THE PROVISION OF CULTURAL AND SPORTS FACILITIES IS SOMETIMES SEEN AS SOME FORM OF LUXURY, + MR WIGGHAM SAID.

/+HOWEVER, THE