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TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1987

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YUEN LONG RECREATION AND SPORTS COMMITTEE TO MEET

COMMITTEE

THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD'S RECREATION AND SPORTS WILL MEET TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) TO CONSIDER APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDS BY COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS FOR HOLDING INDIVIDUAL RECREATIONAL SPORTS ACTIVITIES FROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER.

AND

MEMBERS WILL ALSO DISCUSS THE PROGRESS REPORT ON THE DISTRICT BOARD SPONSORED RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE MEETING TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY} WHICH WILL BEGIN AT 3 PM IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD, 13TH FLOOR, TAI KIU GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING, 2 KIU LOK SQUARE, YUEN LONG.

WARNING ON UNGUARDED MACHINERY

A FACTORY PROPRIETOR WAS RECENTLY FINED A TOTAL OF A CENTRAL COURT MAGISTRATE FOR FAILING TO EFFECTIVELY RECIPROCATING PRESS TOOLS AND DIES OF FOUR MECHANICAL POWER

$18,000 BY GUARD THE PRESSES.

THE CASE CAME TO LIGHT AFTER A WORKER HAD A FINGER SERIOUSLY INJURED WHILE OPERATING ONE OF THE MACHINES.

A LABOUR DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY (TUESDAY) SAID THE CUTTING, FORMING AND BENDING ACTION OF THE TOOLS AND DIES OF POWER PRESSES, INCLUDING HYDRAULIC AND PNEUMATIC PRESSES, WERE THE CAUSE FOR NUMEROUS SERIOUS HAND AND FINGER INJURIES ANNUALLY,

"PROPER GUARDING CAN ENSURE SAFE OPERATIONS AT ALL TIMES AND CAN GIVE CONFIDENCE TO OPERATIVES," HE SAID.

UNDER THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARD ING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS, ALL FACTORY PROPRIETORS MUST EFFECTIVELY GUARD DANGEROUS PARTS OF EVERY PIECE OF MACHINERY PLANT WHICH IS DRIVEN BY MECHANICAL POWER. ANYONE WHO CONTRAVENES REGULATIONS IS LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $30,000.

AND

THE

ENQUIRIES CONCERNING THE REGULATIONS MAY BE MADE AT ANY BRANCH OFFICE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S FACTORY INSPECTORATE DIVISION.

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