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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1985

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EDUCATION ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY STRESSED

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EDUCATION ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY FOR EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS SHOULD BE STRENGTHENED IN ORDER TO EFFECTIVELY REDUCE

INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS, THE DIRECTOR AND GENERAL MANAGER OF THE RYODEN ELECTRIC ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED, MR THOMAS LEE, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE AUDIO-VISUAL CORNER OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE AT HARBOUR BUILDING, MR LEE SAID INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS COULD NOT BE REDUCED EFFECTIVELY BY LEGISLATION ALONE.

HE SAID EMPLOYERS SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO SEND THE IR WORKERS TO ATTEND SHORT COURSES ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY ORGANISED BY THE CENTRE TO IMPROVE THEIR KNOWLEDGE ON SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND PROPER WORKING PROCEDURES.

MR LEE SAID SKILLED WORKERS WERE MOST ESSENTIAL TO OUR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY AND IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT, TO MAINTAIN THIS PROSPERITY, WE MUST TREASURE AND PROTECT OUR HUMAN RESOURCES.

TO THIS END, HE ADDED, THE GOVERNMENT HAD DEVOTED MUCH ATTENTION TO IMPROVING WORKERS' WELFARE AND TO PROTECTING THEIR HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK.

+APART FROM CONSTANT LEGISLATIVE REVIEW, FREQUENT INSPECTIONS ARE CARRIED OUT TO FACTORIES AND SITES BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S FACTORY INSPECTORS TO ENSURE THAT SAFETY REGULATIONS ARE OBSERVED,+ MR LEE SAID.

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR RON BRIDGE, SAID THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE HAD A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROMOTING SAFETY AT WORK.

+ IT PROVIDES OUR FACTORY INSPECTORS AND THOSE IN INDUSTRY WITH TRAINING ON SAFETY ON ONE HAND. AND PROMOTES THE MESSAGE THROUGH THE MEDIA, SUCH AS RADIO AND TELEVISION, ON THE OTHER, + HE SAID.

MR BRIDGE ALSO THANKED THE RYODEN ELECTRIC ENGINEERING COMPANY FOR DONATING AUDIO-VISUAL EQUIPMENT TO THE CENTRE.

LAST YEAR, THE CENTRE OFFERED, FREE OF CHARGE, 386 TRAINING COURSES TO MORE THAN 10 000 PEOPLE AND CONDUCTED 137 TALKS ON SAFETY TO ABOUT 13 000 PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS INCLUDING INSTITUTES OF HIGHER EDUCATION. VOCATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOLS AND ASSOCIATIONS OF EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS.