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SUNDAY, JULY 12, 1987

THE

VARIETY

SHOW, FEATURING

LIVE

USEFUL HINTS OF HOME SAFETY THROUGH LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND GAMES, WAS PRODUCED AND BROADCAST BY THE COMMERCIAL RADIO CHANNEL ONE.

QUIZ COMPUTER

CORNER AT THE KNOWLEDGE

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE VISITED THE OTHER SIDE OF THE VENUE, MANY TOOK THE CHANCE TO TEST THEIR OF HOME SAFETY AND WERE AWARDED A HOME SAFETY HANDBOOK.

SPECTATORS

ALSO

LEARNED

ABOUT FIRST-AID

DEMONSTRATION GIVEN BY THE AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICES.

SAFETY OF SCAFFOLDERS TO BE DISCUSSED

* *

METHODS AT

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS INVITED REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY AND THE HONG KONG BAMBOO SCAFFOLDING MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION TO ATTEND THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SAFETY SUB-COMMITTEE (CISS) MEETING ON TUESDAY (JULY 14) TO DISCUSS THE SAFETY PROBLEMS IN THE TRADE.

THIS FOLLOWS THE SPATE OF ACCIDENTS

INVOLVING

SCAFFOLDERS IN

THE PAST TWO WEEKS.

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT MAINTAINED CONSTANT DIALOGUE WITH PROFESSIONALS AND THE MANAGEMENT AND WORKERS IN THE INDUSTRY, IT HOPED TO GET MORE UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION WITH A VIEW TO FINDING SOME WAYS AND MEANS TO PREVENT FURTHER ACCIDENTS.

THE CISS, FORMED UNDER THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE, AIMS TO PROMOTE A VOLUNTARY SAFETY MOVEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WHICH HAS MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS IN HONG KONG IN RECENT YEARS.

BUT THE INCREASED ACTIVITIES OF THE INDUSTRY HAVE ALSO BROUGHT ABOUT A CORRESPONDENTLY HIGH ACCIDENT RATE.

STATISTICS SHOW THAT THREE WORKERS INVOLVED IN SCAFFOLDING ACCIDENTS WERE KILLED IN 1985, EIGHT IN 1986 AND EIGHT SO FAR THIS YEAR.

THE SPOKESMAN CALLED ON CONTRACTORS AND WORKERS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL SCAFFOLDS MUST BE OF GOOD CONSTRUCTION, MADE OF STRONG AND SOUND MATERIALS, AND FREE FROM PATENT DEFECTS.

/THEY HOULD