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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1987

BY THE

FACTORY

THE INVESTIGATIONS

INSPECTORATE OF

LABOUR THE DEFENDANT HAD DEPARTMENT SHOWED THAT DESPITE REPEATED WARNINGS, FAILED TO GUARD THE RECIPROCATING TOOL AND DIES OF A MECHANICAL PRESS.

THE HEAVY FINE WAS OF THE RECORDS

DETERRENT

IN PASSING SENTENCE, THE MAGISTRATE SAID

VIEW IMPOSED IN

OF THE

CONVICTION BAD PREVIOUS DEFENDANT. HE ALSO EXPRESSED HOPES THAT IT WOULD SERVE AS A TO OTHERS.

YEAR,

THE LABOUR PERSONS UNDER THE MILLION BEING

THE

NINE MONTHS OF DURING

FIRST

THIS DEPARTMENT HAD TAKEN OUT PROSECUTIONS AGAINST 491 REGULATIONS RESULTING IN TOTAL FINES OF MORE THAN $1.6 IMPOSED.

THAT FACTORY PROPRIETORS A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN NOTED CHOSE NOT TO GUARD THEIR MACHINERY FOR THE SAKE OF CONVENIENCE.

OFTEN

THE MOST RELIABLE AND CAREFUL BUT HE POINTED OUT THAT EVEN OPERATIVE COULD MAKE MISTAKE, ESPECIALLY IN FAMILIAR WORK.

TRAINING, SKILL FOR EFFECTIVE GUARDING 13 UNPREDICTABLE AND NOT CONSTANT,

"MOREOVER, A MERE RELIANCE ON THE OPERATIVE'S

SUBSTITUTION DANGEROUS BECAUSE HUMAN NATURE IS

OR CONSTANT

ATTENTION

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

IN

HE STRONGLY

ADVISED

STEPS IF THEY HAD NOT

ALREADY

DANGEROUS PARTS OF

THEIR

FACTORY DONE MACHINERIES

PROPRIETORS

so, то

ΤΟ EFFECTIVELY

TAKE

IMMEDIATE

GUARD THE

AS

IN STIPULATED

THE

FIRST

SCHEDULE OF THE REGULATIONS.

GUARDING

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO PRODUCED A HANDBOOK ON

IS AVAILABLE FREE AT ALL BRANCH OFFICES OF THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE DIVISION.

AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY WHICH

COURSES FOR TECHNICAL SUBJECTS TEACHERS

ON COURSES

WILL. CONDUCT A ONE-DAY COURSE THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TECHNICAL DRAWING FOR DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY TEACHERS AND FOUR ON WORKSHOP LAYOUT FOR TECHNICAL TEACHERS.

WILL TAKE

OF THE

THE COURSE ON DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP LAYOUT

CENTRE TEACHING 20 AT

TECHNICAL THE ON NOVEMBER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN JUNCTION ROAD, KOWLOON CITY.

PLACE

/THE COURSE