XN000022-1986-09-03 — Page 3

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1986

MR CHEN ALSO TOLD THE MEETING THAT THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY PROMOTION ACTIVITIES HAD BEEN INCREASING.

CITING EXAMPLES, HE SAID AN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY WEEK

HAD BEEN PLANNED FOR NEXT FIRST OF ITS KIND IN HONG KONG

MARCH TO MARK THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF CISAP.

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DURING THE WEEK, EACH OF THE SIX INDUSTRY-BASED SUB-COMMITTEES WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE DAY'S ACTIVITIES. THESE WILL LEAD UP TO A GRAND FINALE IN THE FORM OF A VARIETY SHOW TO BE HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG ON MARCH 20.

+RESPONSE FROM UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AND SUB-COMMITTEES AND FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR HAS BEEN EXTREMELY ENCOURAGING,+ MR CHEN NOTED.

+WE HOPE IT WILL SIGNIFY A NEW PHASE OF PARTICIPATION BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN PROMOTING INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, HE ADDED.

THE COORDINATING COMMITTEE OF ASIAN-PACIFIC NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCILS WAS ESTABLISHED IN SINGAPORE IN AUGUST LAST YEAR AT AN INAUGURAL MEETING CONVENED BY THE NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA.

DURING THE THREE-DAY CONFERENCE WHICH ENDS ON FRIDAY, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SAFETY ORGANISATIONS OF 14 ASIAN AND PACIFIC COUNTRIES WILL DISCUSS REGIONAL COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE IN HEALTH AND SAFETY MATTERS, EXCHANGE EXPERIENCES AND INFORMATION ON A MUTUALLY-BENEFICIAL BASIS AND FOSTER EDUCATIONAL TRAINING SEMINARS.

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES TO START AT ADMIRALTY

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A SERIES OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES WILL BE INTRODUCED IN THE ADMIRALTY AND LAMBETH WALK AREA IN CENTRAL TO ENABLE WORK TO START ON THE NEW HARCOURT ROAD FLYOVER.

THE MEASURES WILL COME INTO EFFECT SEPARATELY BETWEEN THIS MONTH AND EARLY NOVEMBER.

RECONSTRUCTION OF THE HARCOURT ROAD FLYOVER IS PART OF THE UPGRADED CONNAUGHT ROAD SCHEME. WHEN COMPLETED, THE NEW ELEVATED ROAD WILL PROVIDE TWO EASTBOUND AND THREE WESTBOUND LANES AS WELL AS A GRADE SEPARATED SLIP ROAD FROM HARCOURT ROAD WESTBOUND TO COTTON TREE DRIVE. AT PRESENT, THE FLYOVER ONLY HAS TWO WESTBOUND LANES.

+TO MINIMISE