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SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1987

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EXPERIENCE SHOWS THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES HAD BEEN WILLING TO PAY GREATER ATTENTION TO INDUSTRIAL SAFETY,' HE SAID.

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"I THINK YOU WILL ALL AGREE THAT CONCERTED EFFORTS BY ALL PARTIES CONCERNED ARE ESSENTIAL IN ORDER TO EFFECTIVELY PROMOTE SAFETY AT WORK.

"AS FAR AS GOVERNMENT IS CONCERNED, APART

IMPORTANCE ENFORCING SAFETY LAWS, WE ATTACH GREAT PUBLICITY IN THE PROMOTION OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY."

FROM ENACTING AND

TO

AND EDUCATION

DEPUTY COMMISSIONER

AND

VICE-CHAIRMAN OF

ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WERE THE FOR LABOUR, MR YIU YAN-NANG, AND THE CHAIRMAN THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS (FTU), MR CHENG YIU-TONG MR TAM YIU-CHUNG.

AND

THE

ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE FTU AND THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AT

THE NEW TOWN PLAZA IN SHA TIN,

TWO-DAY EXHIBITION CONCENTRATES ON SAFETY ASPECTS RELATING TO WORKING AT HEIGHT AND CHEMICAL HANDLING.

FIRE PREVENTION AND THE LATEST INDUSTRIAL SAFETY PRODUCTS ARE "SAFETY ALSO FEATURED, TOGETHER WITH AUDIO-VISUAL PRESENTATIONS AND A EXTRAVAGANZA" WHICH IS A 15-MINUTE MULTI-SCREEN SLIDE SHOW.

VARIETY

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EXHIBITION ARE A

SHOW AND A QUIZ NEXT ΤΟ THE COMPETITION TO BE STAGED BY RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG, EXHIBITION AREA, AT 3 PM TOMORROW (SUNDAY). THE PROGRAMME, WHICH BE BROADCAST LIVE, FEATURES SEVERAL POP SINGERS AND DISC JOCKEYS.

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SAI KUNG SEMINAR ON GREEN PAPER

A WORKING GROUP UNDER THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT BOARD WILL ORGANISE A SEMINAR ON THE GREEN PAPER ON THE 1987 REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS IN REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AT THE SAI KUNG TOWN HALL.

THE AIM OF THE SEMINAR IS TO PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE GREEN PAPER AND TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS ΤΟ GIVE THEIR VIEWS ON IT.

REPRESENTATIVES FROM RURAL COMMITTEES, VILLAGES, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, OWNERS CORPORATIONS, LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES IN THE DISTRICT HAVE BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND THE SEMINAR.

/SAI KUNG