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FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1987

INDUSTRIAL SAFETY PIONEER SET FOR COMEBACK

THE POPULAR INDUSTRIAL SAFETY PIONEER DOCUMENTARY-DRAMA SERIES WHICH MADE ITS DEBUT LAST YEAR, IS MAKING A COMEBACK NEXT WEEK.

IT IS JOINTLY PRESENTED BY THE TELEVISION BROADCASTS LIMITED AS PART OF SAFETY CAMPAIGN.

LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE 1987/88 INDUSTRIAL

YEAR. VILL

THE PROGRAMME WHICH RECEIVED VERY HIGH RATING LAST BE SCREENED ON TVB JADE "ENJOY YOURSELF TONIGHT" EVERY MONDAY STARTING FROM MONDAY (JULY 6), TO BE FOLLOWED BY A SHORT QUESTION-AND- ANSWER SESSION ON MATTERS RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.

THE NEW SERIES CONTAINS EIGHT EPISODES FEATURING VARIOUS ASPECTS OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY THROUGH EDUCATION AND ENTERTAINMENT.

THE FIRST EPISODE WILL HIGHLIGHT THE AREAS OF RISK IN THE WORKING WORLD FOR SUMMER JOB SEEKERS. TOPICS то BE FEATURED IN OTHER EPISODES INCLUDE WORKING AT HEIGHT, CONSTRUCTION WORK, SAFE HANDLING OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES, FIRE PREVENTION IN FACTORIES, WORKING IN CONFINED SPACE, HEARING CONSERVATION, AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES.

"MOST OF THE STORYLINES ARE BASED ON ACCIDENTS THAT OCCURED IN THE PAST, A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

"IT IS HOPED THAT THROUGH THIS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME, WE CAN CREATE A CONSTANT SAFETY CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE PUBLIC. EDUCATE EMPLOYEES ΤΟ WORK SAFELY, AND REMIND EMPLOYERS OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY OF PROVIDING A SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR WORKERS, HE ADDED.

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MEANWHILE, THE TWO ARTISTES

WHO PLAY LEADING ROLES IN THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY POINEER SERIES, MR LAU TAN AND MR CHING SZE-CHUN, PAID A COURTESY CALL ON THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE AT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS THIS MORNING.

THEY WERE SHOWN AROUND AND BRIEFED BY THE CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR, MR Y1P YUK-LUN, ON THE WORK OF THE CENTRE WHICH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, OFFERED 358 SAFETY TRAINING COURSES TO MORE THAN PEOPLE LAST YEAR.

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