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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1986
ON THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF EMPLOYERS, MR NGAI SAID THEY SHOULD PROVIDE A SAFE WORK PLACE, DESIGN SAFE WORKING PROCEDURES AND EMPLOY COMPETENT AND RESPONSIBLE EMPLOYEES WHO COMPLIED WITH SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS.
NOTING THAT ONLY A FEW EMPLOYERS COULD REALLY ACHIEVE THE SE RESPONSIBILITIES, HE CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENT TO STRENGTHEN ITS LEGISLATION SO THAT EMPLOYERS CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD AND FOLLOWED THEM.
ON THE ROLE OF EMPLOYEES, MR NGA! SAID IT WAS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO OBSERVE SAFETY RULES WHILE AT WORK, TO OBEY THE LAWFUL INSTRUCTIONS OF THEIR EMPLOYERS AND TO USE THE SAFETY FACILITIES PROVIDED FOR THEM.
MR NGAI SAID HE BELIEVED THAT UNLESS EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES HAD A HIGH SENSE OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND MADE SERIOUS EFFORTS TO CARRY OUT THEIR OWN DUTIES, ALL PUBLICITY AND EDUCATION CARRIED OUT BY THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE IN VAIN.
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JOINT EFFORTS NEEDED TO PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY
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THERE IS NO SIMPLE WAY TO PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, WHICH CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED BY SIMULTANEOUS EFFORTS OF VARIOUS SECTORS, THE HON TAM YIU-CHUNG TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING DURING THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, MR TAM MADE A NUMBER OF SUGGESTIONS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL.
HE SAID: +PUBLICITY AND EDUCATIONAL WORK WITH SPECIAL AIMS AND REACHING THE GRASSROOT LEVEL SHOULD BE CONDUCTED FOR EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES-
+ LEGISLATION SHOULD BE STRENGTHENED ON INDUSTRIES CONCERNED- +THE NUMBER OF FACTORY INSPECTORS HAVE TO BE INCREASED-
*THE FREQUENCY AND THOROUGHNESS OF FACTORY INSPECTION SHOULD BE ENHANCED- AND
+AN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL SHOULD BE SET UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.+
/MR TAM
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