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SuSimi, JANUARY 15, 1986
HE ADDED THAT FOR HARMFUL SUBSTANCES, POSSIBLE EFFECTS ON THOSE COMING INTO CONTACT WITH THE CONTAINER AND BASIC PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TO BE TAKEN WOULD ALSO BE CLEARLY STATED.
+THE COMMISSIONER IS HOPING TO PUT THE PROPOSAL TO THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD FOR ITS CONSIDERATION IN DUE COURSE, HE SAID.
MR HENDERSON POINTED OUT THAT AT PRESENT THERE WERE PROVISIONS OF A GENERAL NATURE IN THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE AND ITS SUBSIDIARY REGULATIONS TO PROTECT WORKERS FROM HARMFUL SUBSTANCES.
+SECTION 7 (4) OF THE ORDINANCE EMPOWERS THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR TO PRESCRIBE SPECIAL PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES IN ANY SPECIFIC INSTANCE,+ HE EXPLAINED.
MORE GENERALLY, THERE WERE REGULATIONS REQUIRING THE REMOVAL OF HARMFUL DUST OR FUMES FROM THE WORKPLACE AND CONTROLLING CERTAIN INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES INVOLVING USE OF HARMFUL CHEMICALS.
MR HENDERSON SAID THAT TWO FURTHER SETS OF REGULATIONS, CONTROLLING THE USE OF ASBESTOS AND CERTAIN CARCINOGENIC SUBSTANCES, WERE AT AN ADVANCED STAGE OF DRAFTING.
GERIATRIC PATIENT PROBLEM TACKLED TWO WAYS
THE CONSTRUCTION OF MORE INF IRMAR IES AND THE EXPANSION OF COMMUNITY NURSING SERVICE ARE TWO WAYS USED TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM OF THE GROWING NUMBER OF CHRONIC GERIATRIC PATIENTS, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON JOHN CHAMEERS, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO DR THE HON CHI HIN-KWUNG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR CHAMBERS SAID PLANS WERE IN HAND TO INCREASE THE PRESENT TOTAL OF 1 040 INFIRMARY BEDS TO 3 290 OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS.
HE EXPLAINED THAT INF IRMAKIES WERE INTENDED TO CATER FOR THE LONGER TERM AND CHRONICALLY ILL WHO WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE HAD TO BE ACCOMMODATED CROWDED GENERAL HOSPITALS.
+ INF IRMAR IES ARE EQUIPPED AND STAFFED TO THE LEVEL OF CARE APPROPRIATE TO THESE PATIENTS AND ARE THEREFORE LESS LABOUR- INTENSIVE AND LESS EXPENSIVE TO OPERATE, HE SAL..
+ IT IS THUS MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO PROVIDE BEDS FOR SUCH PATIENTS IN INFIRMAR IES, THEREFY RELEASING THE ACUTE BEDS FOR THOSE WHO REQUIRE THEM.+
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