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TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1987

COMPUTER GRAPHIC WILL STRESS INDUSTRIAL SAFETY

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INDIVIDUALS FAMILIAR WITH PERSONAL COMPUTER SOFTWARE DESIGN ARE INVITED TO TAKE PART IN A PERSONAL COMPUTER GRAPHIC DISPLAY CONTEST+ WHICH AIMS AT EMPHASISING MESSAGES ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.

ANNOUNCING DETAILS OF THE COMPETITION AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (TUESDAY), THE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY SAFETY SUB-COMMITTEE (EISSC) OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE (ISHC), MR JOHN LO, SAID THE CONTEST WOULD BE ONE OF THE MAIN ATTRACTIONS OF AN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY WEEK TO BE HELD BY THE ISHC IN MARCH.

ALSO PRESENT AT THE CONFERENCE WERE EISSC MEMBER, MISS LEE FUNG-YING, CHAIRMAN OF THE EISSC WORKING PARTY ON THE SAFETY WEEK, MR C.D. TAM, AND THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR, MR YIP YUK-LUN.

MR LO NOTED THAT THE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY INVOLVED THE APPLICATION OF SOPHISTICATED TECHNOLOGY AND USE OF COMPLEX MATERIALS.

+THE MAIN EMPHASIS OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR WILL BE ON THE SAFETY ASPECTS OF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES, MACHINERY, CHEMICALS AND MANAGEMENT OF PLANTS,+ HE SAID.

+ANOTHER MAJOR OBJECTIVE IS TO AROUSE THE SAFETY AWARENESS OF PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY THROUGH PUBLICITY AS A COMPLEMENT TO THE PROMOTION WORK OF THE GOVERNMENT IN THIS AREA,

MISS LEE, WHO ALSO REPRESENTS THE HONG KONG AND KOWLOON ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES GENERAL UNION, SAID ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS IN THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY HAD BEEN LOW, THERE WAS NO ROOM FOR COMPLACENCY.

SHE SAID THAT IT WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR EMPLOYEES TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND EMPLOYERS IN IMPROVING SAFETY STANDARDS WHICH WOULD DIRECTLY AFFECT THEIR WELL-BEING AND HEALTH.

DESCRIBING THE CONTEST AS A NEW WAY OF PUBLICISING INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, MR TAM SAID THOSE TAKING PART WOULD BE REQUIRED TO DESIGN A SERIES OF GRAPHIC DISPLAYS EITHER IN STATIC ELECTRONICS PICTURE FORM OR DYNAMIC CARTOON FORM ELECTRONICS STORIES OR GAMES.

ENTRIES MUST FOCUS ON THE THEME OF PROMOTING INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND SHOW INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY IN USING ELECTRONICS TOOLS IN THẾ PRESENTATION, MR TAM SAID.

+THE TIME FOR DISPLAYING THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY MESSAGES 19 UNLIMITED WHILE THE USE OF SOUND OR BACKGROUND MUSIC IS OPTIONAL,+ HE ADDED.

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