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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1987

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FOR

"IN ADDITION, IT WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES TO OBSERVE THE EXERCISE IN PROGRESS," HE CONTINUED.

COMPRISING A SHORT-RANGE AND A LONG-RANGE OPERATION, THE EXERCISE WILL CENTRE ON THE EVACUATION OF SURVIVORS BY VESSELS AND HELICOPTERS.

IN THE SHORT-RANGE EXERCISE THIS AFTERNOON, A SIMULATED CRASH NEAR THE NINEPIN GROUP WILL ACTIVATE A FULL-SCALE SEARCH RESCUE OPERATION.

AIR AND

UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE RESCUE COORDINATION CENTRE AT THE HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, PARA-RESCUERS OF THE U.S. AIR FORCE, THE MARINE POLICE AND THE CIVIL AID SERVICES WILL BE DESPATCHED TO THE 'EMERGENCY" SCENE TO PICK UP STRANDED PASSENGERS AND CREWS.

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DISTRESS OF HONG AIR AND

THE LONG-RANGE EXERCISE SIMULATING THREE AIRCRAFT IN WILL BE CARRIED OUT TOMORROW AT ABOUT 100 MILES TO THE SOUTH KONG. THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE, AND THE U.S. NAVAL FORCES WILL BE MOBILISED TO SEARCH AND LOCATE THE SURFACE TARGETS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.

TAKING PART IN THE EXERCISE ARE THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE, THE ROYAL NAVY, THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE, THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, THE CIVIL AID SERVICES, THE U.S. AIR FORCE, NAVY AND COAST GUARD AND THE GUANGDONG MARINE EMERGENCY SEARCH AND RESCUE CENTRE.

VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT NEEDED TO IMPROVE

SAFETY STANDARD AT WORKPLACE

ACTIVE PARTICIPATION AND FULL CO-OPERATION

BETWEEN

MANAGEMENT

AND WORKERS ARE THE PREREQUISITES IN RAISING THE STANDARD OF SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD INUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE, MR HAROLD KWOK, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SHOULD

TO ACHIEVE THIS TARGET, HE ADDED, EACH ESTABLISHMENT SET UP A SELF-REGULATORY SYSTEM AND FORMULATE AN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH RELATED POLICY.

MR KWOK WAS ADDRESSING THE OPENING OF A FORUM ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT ΤΟ EXPLORE WAYS OF PROMOTING VOLUNTARY SAFETY MOVEMENT IN INDUSTRY AT THE VICTORIA HOTEL IN CENTRAL.

/HE CALLED