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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1986

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JAPAN TRIP TO HIGHLIGHT INDUSTRIAL SAFETY SCHEME

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INDUSTRIAL WORKERS WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO WIN A TRIP TO JAPAN AND TO REPRESENT HONG KONG TO EXCHANGE VIEWS AND EXPERIENCE ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY MATTERS UNDER AN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AMBASSADOR AWARD SCHEME.

THIS WAS ANNOUNCED AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (MONDAY) BY

ALSO PRESENT ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR YIU YAN-NANG. WERE A MEMBER OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION (CISAP), MR ROBERT LAI, AND ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING, MR NG MING-LAM.

MR YIU SAID THE SCHEME, ORGANISED BY THE CISAP, IS ONE OF THE MAIN ATTRACTIONS OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY WEEK TO BE HELD IN MARCH NEXT YEAR.

IT IS AIMED AT MARKING THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMMITTEE AND ENHANCING THE CO-OPERATION OF EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYEES AND THE GOVERNMENT IN THE PROMOTION OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.

NOTING THAT INDUSTRIAL SAFETY HAD BEEN A MATTER OF PUBLIC CONCERN, MR YIU SAID THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 50 793 INDUSTRIAL

AS FOR THE FIRST SIX ACCIDENTS WITH 70 FATALITIES LAST YEAR. MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, THERE WERE 18 953 INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS WITH 40 DEATHS.

+THE HEAVY TOLL SHOULD NOT PASS UNHEEDED,+ MR YIU SAID. +CONCERTED EFFORTS BY ALL PARTIES CONCERNED ARE THEREFORE ESSENTIAL TO PREVENT FURTHER ACCIDENTS

MR YIU SAID A SERIES OF IMAGINATIVE AND ENTERTAINING PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES WOULD BE ORGANISED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK TO ACHIEVE THE GREATEST POSSIBLE PUBLICITY IMPACT AND TO RELAY THE MESSAGE OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TO THE PUBLIC.

MR LAI, WHO IS CHAIRMAN OF THE AWARD SCHEME TASK FORCE, SAID THE SCHEME IS OPEN TO ALL INDUSTRIAL WORKERS AGED 18 AND ABOVE.

+HOWEVER, PARTICIPANTS MUST BE NOMINATED BY EITHER THEIR EMPLOYERS OR THEIR RELATED WORKERS' OR TRADE UNIONS,+ HE SAID.

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+SELECTION SHALL BE BASED ON THE KNOWLEDGE IN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY OF THE NOMINEE, HIS ADHERENCE TO HIS SAFETY KNOWLEDGE, AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO INDUSTRIAL SAFETY DURING HIS EMPLOYMENT OR CAREER.

+ALL FINALISTS WILL BE INTERVIEWED BY A SELECTION COMMITTEE, COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CISAP. THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND RTHK, DURING THE FINAL SELECTION EXERCISE TO DECIDE ON AWARD WINNERS.+

MR LAI