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MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1985

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OTHER WORKS INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF SIX COOKED FOOD STALLS AND A FIVE-STOREY COMMERCIAL CENTRE PROVIDING SHOPS, A RESTAURANT, 4 MARKET, A CARPARK AND AN INDOOR RECREATION CENTRE,

THE THIRD CONTRACT OF $45.8 MILLION IS FOR THE BUILDING OF A 19-STOREY SLAB BLOCK TO HOUSE 3 100 PEOPLE BY 1986 IN THE THIRD PHASE OF CHUK YUEN ESTATE IN KOWLOON.

INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS STILL A PROBLEM

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INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS IN HONG KONG STILL PRESENTED A VERY SERICUS PROBLEM DESPITE ALL THE EDUCATIONAL, PUBLICITY AND OTHER EFFORTS CARRIED OUT BY THE GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS, MR A.J. BISLEY, PRINCIPAL LECTURER OF SWIRE SCHOOL OF DESIGN, HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC SAID TODAY.

SPEAKING AT THE PRIZES PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE 17TH ANNUAL INDUSTRIAL SAFETY POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION, MR BISLEY SAID INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS CAUSED SUFFERING, HARDSHIP AND MISERY TO THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND ALSO CAUSED CONSIDERABLE FINANCIAL LOSSES TO SOCIETY.

+SAFETY IS EVERYONE'S BUSINESS, + HE SAID.

MR BISLEY SAID THAT SAFETY CONSCIOUSNESS WAS ESSENTIAL TO EVERY INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATION, AND THE YOUNGER GENERATION SHOULD BE EDUCATED ABOUT THIS.

HE SAID THE COMPETITION AIMED AT AROUSING THE INTEREST OF THE PARTICIPANTS, WHO MIGHT SELECT THEIR FUTURE CAREERS IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR, AND THE AWARENESS OF THOSE EMPLOYED IN INDUSTRY TO SHOW THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY AT WORK.

STUDENTS FROM THE LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AND THE LUNG KONG WORLD FEDERATION SCHOOL LTD. LAU WONG FAT SECONDARY SCHOOL WON TOP HONOURS IN THE CONTEST.

KWOK TIN-WAI OF LUNG KONG WORLD FEDERATION SCHOOL LTD. LAU WONG FAT SECONDARY SCHOOL, WINNER OF SECTION 'A', WAS AWARDED A CASH COUPON OF $1 500 WHILE LIU SUK-FAN OF LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, WINNER OF SECTION 'B' WAS AWARDED A CASH COUPON OF $3 000.

TEN ENTRIES EACH FROM 'A' AND 'B' SECTIONS WERE ALSO AWARDED CONSOLATION PRIZES OF CASH COUPONS OF $300 AND $600 RESPECTIVELY.

THE WINNING ENTRIES WERE SELECTED BY A PANEL OF JUDGES COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DESIGN OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, THE CULTURAL CRAFTS CENTRE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THE DESIGN DEPARTMENT OF LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, THE CREATIVE SUB-DIVISION OF THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

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