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MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1987

"THE

PRINCIPLES AND

PRACTICES OF CHEMICAL SAFETY AND APPROPRIATE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR THE

HANDLING, MANUFACTURE,

USE AND DISTRIBUTION,

DISPOSAL OF CHEMICALS ARE NEW AREAS NOW RECEIVING OUR URGENT ATTENTION," HE ADDED.

ALSO OFFICIATING

AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS THE CHIEF TECHNICAL ADVISER OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION'S ASIAN AND PACIFIC PROJECT FOR LABOUR KHAN, WHICH SPONSORED THE TWO SEMINARS.

ADMINISTRATION

THREE EXPERTS IN CHEMICAL SAFETY HAVE BEEN INVITED TO BE GUEST SPEAKERS.

[APPLA) MR

MUINUDDIN

AND CONTROL FROM AUSTRALIA

DR

M.

NEDVED,

CHIEF

PERTH;

AND HOLLINGWORTH,

THEY ARE SENIOR LECTURER IN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

OF TECHNOLOGY, FROM THE CURTIN UNIVERSITY

PHYSICIAN; CONSULTANT OCCUPATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENIST MR B. CHESSON.

DR P.

THEIR PRESENTATIONS HAVE BEEN SPECIALLY TAILORED TO

THE NEEDS

OF LABOUR INSPECTION IN HONG KONG.

AND AMONG THE TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED CHEMICAL HAZARDS CONTROL, INSPECTION CHEMICAL ACCIDENTS, INSPECTION CONTROL OF CHEMICAL

HEALTH

ARE

MODERN

THE FOR

SKILLS FOR THE HAZARDS, DISPOSAL

ΤΟ APPROACH PREVENTION OF AND SCALE

INDENTIFICATION

LARGE OF

WASTES/TOXICS FOLLOWING A CHEMICAL ACCIDENT, AND INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE.

AIR ACCIDENT REPORT PUBLISHED

THE REPORT OF A GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION INTO AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING A LUFTHANSA BOEING 747 FREIGHT AIRCRAFT WHICH RAN OFF THE RUNWAY AT HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON OCTOBER 18. 1983, WAS PUBLISHED TODAY (MONDAY).

J

THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT TAKE-OFF WAS REJECTED FROM A HIGH MALFUNCTION.

NIGHTTIME WHEN THE AIRCRAFT'S SPEED FOLLOWING A NO.2 ENGINE

THE AIRCRAFT VEERED

IN THE LATER STAGES OF THE DECELERATION OFF THE PAVED SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY ON TO SOFT GROUND AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

SUFFERED

THERE WERE