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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1987

A MEDICAL THE COMMITTEE WILL BE CHAIRED BY DR LEONG CHE-HUNG,

CHAN, CHRISTOPHER

SOLICITOR; MR DOCTOR. MEMBERS INCLUDE MR

JIMBON PSYCHOLOGIST; DR CONRAD LAM, CHAN, SOCIAL WORKER; DR FANNY CHEUNG,

OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER; MRS PEGGY LAM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

PLANNING

AND ASSOCIATION HONG KONG FAMILY

DISTRICT

BOARD MEMBER; THE ATTORNEY

DR LAW CHI-LIM, GYNAECOLOGIST; AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM GENERAL'S CHAMBERS, MEDICAL WELFARE BRANCH.

AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND HEALTH AND

THE ISSUES THE

COMMITTEE IS

TO DISCUSS EXPECTED

INITIALLY

WOULD INCLUDE COMMERCIAL SURROGACY AND WHETHER LICENSING REQUIREMENTS ADDITION ΤΟ THE ARE NEEDED TO CONTROL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIELD, IN CODE OF PRACTICE ALREADY IN PLACE.

ENOUGH TRAINED SAFETY OFFICERS. TO MEET DEMAND

THERE SHOULD BE AN ADEQUATE POOL OF TRAINED SAFETY OFFICERS WHEN THE FACTORIES AND SAFETY SUPERVISORS AVAILABLE FOR EMPLOYMENT

SAFETY SUPERVISORS} AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (SAFETY OFFICERS AND

THIS YEAR, THE CHIEF REGULATIONS COME INTO OPERATION ON DECEMBER 1

MR DEPARTMENT,

YIP YUK-LUN, FACTORY INSPECTOR OF THE

SAID

TODAY (SATURDAY).

LABOUR

786 AT THE HONG KONG TRAINING

CITING STATISTICS, MR YIP SAID THAT SINCE 1979, A TOTAL OF

SAFETY HAD COMPLETED

OFFICER COURSES PEOPLE POLYTECHNIC AND THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE.

AUTHORITY'S

IN ADDITION, SOME 200 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO COMPLETE BY THE END OF THE CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR.

THE

TRAINING

PERSONS 12,000

WHO HAVE BY THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY OTHER ORGANISATIONS AND

ON TOP OF THESE FIGURES ARE COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION SAFETY COURSES RUN TRAINING CENTRE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT OR ARE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING THE DUTIES OF A SAFETY SUPERVISOR.

THERE WERE ABOUT

HE ALSO NOTED THAT AS AT THE END OF JUNE THIS YEAR, ABOUT 100 CONSTRUCTION SITES EMPLOYING 200 WORKERS OR MORE, AND 800 SITES EMPLOYING 20 WORKERS OR MORE.

THAT THE

"I AM THEREFORE CONFIDENT

AVAILABILITY OF TRAINED SAFETY OFFICERS AND SAFETY SUPERVISORS WILL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS

WHICH THE REGULATIONS,

REFLECT THE GOVERNMENT'S DETERMINATION PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH IN INDUSTRY,

OF

ΤΟ

H

MR YIP SAID.

/MA YIP