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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1964

THIS WOULD IMPROVE WORKERS' HEALTH AND PRODUCTIVITY AS A WHOLE, HE SAID.

+ON WORKERS' PART, THEY SHOULD MAKE OUT POSSIBLE HAZARDS OF THE WORK BEFOREHAND AND APPLY THE SAFETY FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT PROVIDED BY EMPLOYERS.+

DR LAI SAID MUCH EFFORT HAD BEEN MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT ON OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH THROUGH PUBLICITY, AND ENFORCEMENT OF LEGISLATION.

+THE SCHEME, SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO EDUCATE BOTH EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS TO BE AWARE OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES, WAS ONE OF THESE EFFORTS,+ HE ADDED.

MORE ACCEPT CREMATIONS

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THE URBAN COUNCIL IS CONCERNED NOT ONLY WITH THE HEALTH, WELFARE, CLEANLINESS, PHYSICAL EXERCISE

ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURAL ENRICHMENT OF HONG KONG AND ITS 4.5 MILLION URBAN DWELLERS, IT ALSO HAS A VITAL ROLE TO PLAY IN THAT INEVITABILITY OF LIFE, DEATH.

AT PRESENT, THE COUNCIL OPERATES TWO CREMATORIA, IN CAPE COLLINSON AND DIAMOND HILL, AND FIVE PUBLIC CEMETERIES, NAMELY THE HONG KONG CEMETERY, CAPE COLLINSON CEMETERY, SO KON PO CEMETERY, DIAMOND HILL URN CEMETERY AND STANLEY PRISON CEMETERY.

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THE TREND FOR CREMATION OF BOTH THE RICH AND POOR HAS STEADILY SWITCHED FROM BURIALS TO CREMATIONS IN THE PAST TWO DECADES.

IN 1961, ONLY TWO PER CENT OF THE DEAD WERE CREMATED, SAID THE STAFF OFFICER (CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIA) OF THE CITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR SZETO LAM.

+THE PRESENT RATIO BETWEEN CREMATIONS AND BURIALS IS 63 TO 37 WHICH IS NOT FAR AWAY FROM THE COUNCIL'S TARGET OF 65 TO 35.

+ IT IS PLEASING TO SEE THE PUBLIC HAS APPRECIATED AND ACCEPTED THE COUNCIL'S POLICY OF ENCOURAGING CREMATIONS WHICH ARE ECONOMICAL, CLEAN AND PEQUIFE LESS OF OUR VALLABLE LAND.+

/ TWC