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MONDAY, JULY 7, 1986

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PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES, ENFORCEMENT ACTION COMPLEMENTARY

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ENFORCEMENT ACTION ALONE CAN NEVER PREVENT INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT. THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR, MR YIP YUK-LUN, SAIL TODAY (MONDAY).

INSPECTION AND PROSECUTION, HE POINTED OUT, COULD HAVE A TEMPORARY IMPACT BUT WOULD NOT ALWAYS BE TAKEN AS A LESSON.

+TO BE TRULY EFFECTIVE, A SAFETY AND HEALTH POLICY REQUIRES A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMME OF WIDER ACTIVITIES TO COMPLEMENT THE ENFORCEMENT ACTION, OR RATHER, THE VICE VERSA IS THE CASE, + HE SAID.

SPEAKING AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF KOWLOON EAST, MR YIP SAID THAT A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MANPOWER AND RESOURCES OF THE DEPARTMENT'S FACTORY INSPECTORATE WAS COMMITTED ANNUALLY TO THE PROMOTION OF THESE WIDER ACTIVITIES. THESE INCLUDE ADVISORY AND INFORMATION SERVICES, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND

INTENSIVE PUBLICITY PROGRAMMES.

HE NOTED THAT THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE WAS ALWAYS READY TO OFFER ADVICE AND INFORMATION ABOUT WAYS AND MEANS OF IMPROVING SAFETY STANDARD AT WORKPLACES.

*DURING THEIR DAILY VISITS TO FACTORIES, THEY OFTEN TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO DISCUSS SAFETY PROBLEMS AND EXPLAIN THE PRESENCE OF HAZARDS WITH THE MANAGEMENT AND WORKERS,+ HE SAID. +SAFETY LITERATURE AND PAMPHLETS ARE ALSO DISTRIBUTED TO COMPLEMENT VERBAL ADVICE.+

ON EDUCATION, THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE RUN BY THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE CONDUCTS A WIDE RANGE OF BASIC AND ADVANCE SAFETY TRAINING COURSES NOT ONLY FOR ITS OWN STAFF BUT ALSO FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICERS.

IN ADDITION, IT MAINTAINS A LIBRARY OF OVER 3 000 TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS, 1 200 TECHNICAL PERIODICALS AND ABOUT 300 SAFETY FILMS AND VIDEO TAPES WHICH CAN BE USED FOR REFERENCE BY TRAINEES, COURSE ATTENDANTS AND PROFESSIONALS IN INDUSTRIES.

TURNING TO PUBLICITY, MR YIP SAID THE DEPARTMENT ORGANISES AN ANNUAL INDUSTRIAL SAFETY CAMPAIGN WITH A VIEW TO AROUSE PUBLIC

THE AWARENESS OF, AND TO INCULCATE MANAGEMENT AND WORKERS WITH, IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY AT WORK.

THIS YEAR HE SAID, A BUDGET OF $750 000 HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR THE CAMPAIGN. MAJOR ACTIVITIES WHICH RECEIVED VERY GOOD PUBLIC RESPONSE LAST YEAR WILL CONTINUE TO BE ORGANISED. THESE INCLUDE A RADIO SHOW +MUSIC WHILE YOU WORK+, AN EIGHT-EPISODE TELEVISION DOCU-DRAMA, AND A +SAFETY WEEK+ WHICH WILL LEAD UP TO A GALA NIGHT EARLY NEXT YEAR WITH SPONSORSHIP FROM EMPLOYERS AND TRADE UNIONS TO MARK THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION.

+ALL THESE ARE AIMED AT THE WIDEST POSSIBLE SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY, + MR YIP SAID. + IT IS HOPED THAT THROUGH THESE PUBLICITY ACTIVITIES, SOME OF WHICH COMBINE EDUCATION WITH ENTERTAINMENT, INDUSTRIAL SAFETY MESSAGES CAN REACH EVERY HOME AND WORKPLACE IN HONG KONG.+