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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1986

+AS I STATED PREVIOUSLY, IF WE ARE NOT MADE AWARE OF FIRE HAZARDS WE ARE UNABLE TO TAKÉ REMEDIAL ACTION - OUR HOT LINE MANNED 24 HOURS PER DAY IS 5-281224 - SO USE IT.+

HE URGED THE PUBLIC NOT TO BE APPREHENSIVE AND TO CALL THE FIRE SERVICES EVEN IF THEY ONLY THOUGHT THERE WAS A FIRE HAZARD,

+WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU BUT YOU MUST IN TURN ASSIST US IN ORDER FOR US TO HELP YOU,+ HE POINTED OUT.

THE LAUNCHING OF THE CAMPAIGN ATTRACTED THOUSANDS OF

SPECTATORS.

THEY ENJOYED AN AFTERNOON PACKED WITH ACTIVITIES THAT INCLUDED DEMONSTRATIONS BY FIREMEN, AND VIEWED A DISPLAY OF FIRE APPLIANCES AND AMBULANCES AS WELL AS INFORMATIVE AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON FIRE PREVENTION.

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ALSO BOARDED A FIRE BOAT AT QUEEN'S PIER TO SEE THE FIRE FIGHTING INSTALLATIONS ON BOARD.

DURING THE AFTERNOON, FIRE PREVENTION LEAFLETS, CALENDAR CARDS, AND COMPASSES AND RULERS DONATED BY THE KWONG ON BANK LTD IN SUPPORT OF THE CAMPAIGN WERE DISTRIBUTED.

EXERCISE SELF-REGULATION, EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYEES TOLD

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SELF-REGULATION BY EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES IN INDUSTRY IS AS IMPORTANT AS ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS BY THE GOVERNMENT IN ACCIDENT PREVENTION.

THIS WAS STATED TODAY BY MR K.Y. TONGSON, CHAIRMAN OF THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY PROGRAMME SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION (CISAP). A RENOWNED INDUSTRIALIST WHO HAS BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE PROMOTION OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY IN HONG KONG FOR MANY YEARS, MR TONGSON NOTED THAT ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS BY THE GOVERNMENT WOULD ONLY SERVE TO REMIND EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW.

+IN MY VIEW, IT IS MORE IMPORTANT FOR THOSE IN INDUSTRY TO BE CONSTANTLY ON THE ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL HAZARDS IN THEIR WORKPLACE AND TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES WHERE NECESSARY, HE SAID.

+THIS IS IN FACT THE BASIC PRINCIPLE BEHIND WHICH THE SIX INDUSTRY-BASED SAFETY SUB-COMMITTEES OF CISAP ARE FORMED.+

THE SUB-COMMITTEES