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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1987

HE ALSO NOTED THAT AS DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WERE ALSO OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AC'S, THE AC'S VIEWS COULD BE CHANNELLED THE BOARD.

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MEMBERS BACK

.TO

OPERATING

MR CHAN SAID THE COMMUNICATION CHANNEL HAD BEEN EFFECTIVELY, AS EVIDENCED BY THE FACT THAT VIEWS GIVEN BY THE AC'S, MAC'S AND OC'S WERE REGULARLY REFLECTED BY THE BOARD, WHICH WAS SET UP TO ADVISE THE ADMINISTRATION ON DISTRICT MATTERS.

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'MORE KWUN TONG RESIDENTS SHOULD PARTICIPATE THESE DISTRICT ORGANISATIONS

IN THE WORK OF

AND CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS IMPROVING THE

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COMMUNITY, HE SAID.

THE EXHIBITION WILL BE MOVED TO THE TELFORD GARDENS SHOPPING ARCADE TOMORROW FOR DISPLAY UNTIL DECEMBER 2. THEN THE PANELS WILL BE ON LOAN FOR EXHIBITIONS HELD BY LOCAL ORGANISATIONS.

HEARING CONSERVATION SURVEY DUE TO START

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HEARING CONSERVATION IS AN

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH IN HONG KONG.

INCREASINGLY

IMPORTANT AREA IN

TO RECOGNISE THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM AND ΤΟ EVALUATE EXISTING CONTROL MEASURES, A YEAR-LONG SURVEY WILL BE CARRIED OUT AMONG WORKERS IN THE ELECTRONICS, SHIPBUILDING/SHIP REPAIRING, PLASTICS, TEXTILES, METAL AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES.

ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS (FTU), THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY AND THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, THE SURVEY WILL INVOLVE MEASUREMENT OF HEARING ACUITY OF WORKERS AND THE NOISE LEVELS IN THE WORKPLACES AND SPECIFIED LOCATIONS OF THE SIX INDUSTRIES.

AT THE END OF THE FORWARDED TO THE RELEVANT

AND

SURVEY, A REPORT WILL BE COMPILED

GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS

ORGANISATIONS

AND

FOR REFERENCE.

/THE COST