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TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1987

+ IN ADDITION, FOLLOW-UP ACTION WILL ALSO BE TAKEN ON FACTORIES THAT HAD BEEN ISSUED WITH NO SMOKING PROHIBITION NOTICES DURING PREVIOUS INSPECTIONS.+

APART FROM CHECKING WORKING CONDITIONS, INSPECTORS WILL DISTRIBUTE TO WORKERS AN ILLUSTRATED LEAFLET ON THE CLASSIFICATION AND LABELLING OF DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES FOR THEIR REFERENCE.

THEY WILL ALSO REMIND EMPLOYERS OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TO CARRY OUT REGULAR CHECKS ON EXHAUST SYSTEMS TO PLANTS AND PROCESSES TO ENSURE SAFETY IN WORKPLACES.

THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN IS THE FOURTH MOUNTED BY THE DIVISION SINCE OCTOBER LAST YEAR.

THE FIRST THREE RELATED TO FIRE IN FUR-PROCESSING FACTORIES, SMOKING AT WORK, AND SAFE HANDLING AND USE OF CHEMICALS IN FACTORIES.

ALTOGETHER 7 400 VISITS WERE MADE TO FACTORIES DURING THE LAST THREE CAMPAIGNS RESULTING IN 133 PROSECUTIONS TAKEN OUT AGAINST IRREGULARITIES, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH CONCERNED BREACHES OF THE FIRE PREVENTION REGULATIONS.

AT THE SAME TIME, 2 617 FIRE PROHIBITION NOTICES WERE ISSUED TO PROHIBIT SMOKING IN THOSE FACTORIES WHERE INFLAMMABLE SUBSTANCE OR ARTICLE WAS PRESENT IN CONNECTION WITH ANY INDUSTRIAL PROCESS OR OPERATION.

THE SPOKESMAN DESCRIBED THE RESULTS AS +ENCOURAGING+ AND SAID SIMILAR CAMPAIGNS WOULD BE CARRIED OUT IN FUTURE TO SUSTAIN PROGRESS MADE SO FAR.

NEED TO PRESERVE TRADITION OF RESPECTING ELDERLY

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MORE THAN 500 MONG KOK RESIDENTS AGED OVER 70 WERE TODAY (TUESDAY) TREATED TO A FEAST IN HONOUR OF SENIOR CITIZENS IN THE DISTRICT.

OFFICIATING AT THE DINNER RECEPTION, MONG KOK DISTRICT OFFICER, MRS BRENDA FUNG, SAID THE VIRTUE OF RESPECTING THE ELDERLY AND FILIAL PIETY SHOULD BE PRESERVED AND WIDELY PROMOTED.

+ THE TRADITION OF RESPECTING THE ELDERLY IS ORIGINALLY DEEPLY ROOTED IN CHINESE SOCIETY. HOWEVER, WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF MODERN SOCIETY, THIS VALUABLE VIRTUE IS SEEN AS ARCHAIC AND GRADUALLY FADING OUT, SHE SAID.

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