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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1963

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DB CANDIDATES TO MEET PRESS

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CANDIDATES CONTESTING THE 20 ELECTED SEATS IN THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS WILL BE INTRODUCED TO THE MEDIA AT A +MEET THE PRESS+ SESSION TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON.

ORGANISED BY THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE, THE SESSION WILL ENABLE THE MEDIA TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CANDIDATES AND THEIR PLATFORMS.

BEFORE THE CANDIDATES ARE INTRODUCED, THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN MAK, WILL GIVE A BRIEFING ON THE DB ELECTIONS PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN TO BE LAUNCHED THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.

AND AT 10 AM ON SUNDAY, 35 CANDIDATES FROM EIGHT CONSTITUENTIES IN TUEN MUN WILL MEET THE PRESS AT THE YAN OI TONG COMMUNITY AND INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE.

CANDIDATES WILL BE GIVEN A CHANCE TO PRESENT THEIR PLATFORMS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PRESS.

FEWER DIE FROM INDUSTRIAL MISHAPS

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IT WAS ENCOURAGING TO NOTE THE BIG DROP IN THE NUMBER OF FATAL INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS LAST YEAR, THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR DARWIN CHEN SAID TODAY (FRIDAY),

LAST YEAR THERE WERE 71 FATAL INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS, AS AGAINST 92 CASES IN 1983, HE SAID.

THIS WAS DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS HAD INCREASED FROM 44 139 IN 1983 TO 50 615 LAST YEAR, HE ADDED.

MR CHEN WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH EXHIBITION AT THE SHATIN NEW TOWN PLAZA.

THE INCREASE IN INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS HAD BEEN LARGELY DUE TO INJURIES RECEIVED BY WORKERS WHEN STEPPING ON OR STRIKING AGAINST OBJECTS, MANUAL HANDLING OF GOODS AND IN THE USE OF HAND TOOLS, HE SAID.

+ IN FACT. THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF SERIOUS INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS LAST YEAR,+ MR CHEN ADDED.

/HE FELT