THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1984
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HOWEVER, MR CHAN STRESSED THAT THERE WAS NO CAUSE TO JUSTIFY SELF-COMPLACENCY AND EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY STANDARDS OF OUR WORKING ENVIRONMENT COULD NOT BE SLACKENED.
BECAUSE OF THE RELATIVELY MORE DANGEROUS WORKS BEING CARRIED OUT ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, WITH ALL THE ASSOCIATED PHYSICAL STRESSES AND STRAINS IMPOSED ON A WORKER, THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IS STILL THE MOST HAZARDOUS INDUSTRY IN WHICH TO WORK, + HE SAID.
REFERRING AGAIN TO THE ACCIDENTS WHICH OCCURRED IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, MR CHAN SAID THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ACCOUNTED FOR 33 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL FOR ALL INDUSTRIES, WHILE THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES ACCOUNTED FOR 60 PER CENT.
+CONTINUOUS EFFORTS TO PRESERVE THE SAFETY AND HEALTH OF OUR WORKERS IS THEREFORE A MATTER OF CONCERN TO US ALL, HE ADDED.
MR CHAN SAID THE SAFETY AWARD SCHEME WAS YET ANOTHER PROGRAMME ORGANISED FOR THE EFFECTIVE PROMULGATION OF THE IMPORTANT MESSAGE OF SAFETY AT WORK.
+ IT SHOULD BE EMPHASISED, HOWEVER, THAT THE AWARDS GIVEN OUT ARE NOT AN END IN THEMSELVES BUT SERVE AS A STIMULUS TO OUR EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVE OF WORK SAFETY, HE SAID.
THE SCHEME CONSISTED OF FOUR AWARDS: +SAFETY WORKER+, +SAFETY SUB-CONTRACTOR+, +SAFETY SITE+ AND SAFETY QUIZ+.
THE +SAFETY WORKER+ AWARD WAS WON BY MR LEE KWOK-KEUNG OF KUMAGA! GUMI (HK) LTD.; THE SAFETY SITE+ AWARD BY THE J908, TUEN MUN NEW TOWN SITE OF THE GAMMON (HK) LTD.; WHILE THE SAFETY SUB-CONTRACTOR+ AND +SAFETY QUIZ+ AWARDS WERE WON BY MR TSANG KIN-SHING AND MR WONG CHU-KWONG RESPECTIVELY.
PROMOTING THE 'PLAY SAFE' MESSAGE
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LAND SPORTS ENTHUSIASTS WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO TEST THEIR SKILLS AND SAFETY CONSCIOUSNESS ON SUNDAY (DECEMBER 9).
A +LAND SPORTS DAY+, ORGANISED ANNUALLY BY THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND PRIVATE SPORTS GROUPS TO PROMOTE THE +PLAY SAFE+ MESSAGE, WILL BE HELD AT THE GUN CLUB HILL BARRACKS, GASCOIGNE ROAD, KOWLOON FROM 9.30 AM TO 5 PM.
IT WILL BE OPENED BY LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MR WONG LAM, IN THE COMPANY OF DR S.F. LAM, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON SAFETY IN OUTDOOR PURSUITS, AND MR P.E. BIRNEY, CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING PARTY ON THE 1984 LAND SPORTS SAFETY CAMPAIGN,
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