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SUNDAY, MAY 18, 1986
WARNING ON ELECTRICAL HAZARDS ******
CONTRACTORS AND PROPRIETORS ARE URGED TO TAKE ADEQUATE SAFETY MEASURES TO GUARD AGAINST ELECTRICAL HAZARDS.
THE APPEAL BY A LABOUR DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN FOLLOWS A RECENT COURT CASE IN WHICH A CONTRACTOR WAS FINED $45 000 FOR FAILING TO TAKE PROPER PROTECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT ON A CONSTRUCTION SITE.
THE CASE INVOLVED A WORKER WHO WAS ELECTROCUTED WHILE WELDING ON THE SITE IN AUGUST LAST YEAR.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (ELECTRICITY) REGULATIONS LAY DOWN THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS TO GUARD AGAINST HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF ELECTRICITY IN INDUSTRIES.
FACTORY PROPRIETORS AND CONTRACTORS SHOULD OBSERVE THESE SAFETY MEASURES AND ANY PERSON WHO CONTRAVENES THE REGULATIONS IS LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $30 000 ON CONVICTION.
336 HECTARES OF RECLAIMED LAND FOR TUEN MUN
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ANOTHER 36 HECTARES OF LAND WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT AT TUEN MUN NEW TOWN AFTER RECLAMATION.
ABOUT 10 HECTARES OF THE NEWLY-RECLAIMED LAND, TO THE SOUTH OF THE NEW TOWN, WILL BE FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, FIVE HECTARES FOR A HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME, 2.6 HECTARES FOR PUBLIC CARGO HANDLING SPACE AND THE REMAINDER FOR VARIOUS COMMUNITY, GOVERNMENT AND INSTITUTION PROJECTS, ROADS AND LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT RESERVES.
A 600-METRE-LONG SEAWALL, A RIVER WALL MEASURING 250 METRES AND
A MAIN STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM WILL ALSO BE CONSTRUCTED.
FILL MATERIAL FOR THE RECLAMATION WILL BE EXTRACTED FROM YUNG LONG AND TAN KWAI TSUEN IN TUEN MUN.
A ROAD WILL BE BUILT AT TAN KWAI TSUEN TO CONNECT CASTLE PEAK ROAD TO THE FILL SOURCE.
AT YUNG LONG, A JETTY WILL BE CONSTRUCTED TO FACILITATE TRANSPORTATION OF MATERIALS BY SEA,
WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN AUGUST AND BE COMPLETED IN TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT ARE INVITED BY THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
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