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MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1987

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BUT IN THE MEANTIME GOALS HAD CHANGED, AS PEOPLE ASPIRED GOOD HOME WHICH DID NOT MEAN THE SAME THING AS IT DID IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES WHEN THE TARGETS WERE ESTABLISHED.

"SO THERE IS A HUGE TASK OF REPLACING HOUSING, BOTH IN THE PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND THIS TASK, INVOLVING AS IT DOES THE REDEVELOPMENT OF EXISTING HOMES, COULD EASILY BE AS MASSIVE AS EXPANDING THE PORT, HE ADDED.

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MR BARNES TOLD DELEGATES HONG KONG WAS A PLACE WHICH EXUDED INDUSTRY AND DYNAMISM AND IF CAPITAL WORKS COULD BE TAKEN AS A MEASURE THEY WOULD PROBABLY SEE GREATER CONFIDENCE IN ITS FUTURE THAN MOST OF ITS NEIGHBOURS, AND ONE IN WHICH AUSTRALIA AND OTHER PACIFIC RIM NEIGHBOURS WERE PARTICIPATING PROBABLY TO A GREATER EXTENT THAN EVER BEFORE.

NEED TO CONTROL USE OF CHEMICALS AT WORK STRESSED * * * * *

THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR DARWIN CHEN, TODAY STRESSED THE NEED FOR A REGULATORY SYSTEM OVER THE AT WORK.

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(MONDAY) CHEMICALS

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE FIRST OF TWO FIVE-DAY SEMINARS ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT FOR ITS STAFF MEMBERS, MR CHEN SAID THERE WERE ABOUT ONE MILLION WORKERS EMPLOYED AT SOME 83,000 INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN HONG KONG.

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"THE WORK OF MANY INVOLVES THE HANDLING AND USE OF CHEMICALS AND THUS THEY ARE EXPOSED TO VARIOUS DEGREE OF ASSOCIATED HAZARDS, HE SAID,

"IT IS OBVIOUS THAT A REGULATORY CHEMICALS AT WORK IS NECESSARY,

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MR CHEN REITERATED THAT OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH HAD ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT AREAS OF WORK OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THAT MEMBERS OF ITS FACTORY INSPECTORATE AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH DIVISIONS HAD MADE A GREAT DEAL OF EFFORTS TO ENSURE CHEMICAL SAFETY AT WORK.

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