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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1987
HE CALLED ON THE PARTICIPANTS TO ACTIVELY EXCHANGE VIEWS AND EXPERIENCE IN THIS AREA.
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OTHER SPEAKERS AT THE FORUM INCLUDED THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THE JAPAN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ASSOCIATION, MR TOSHIYUKI HIRAGA, THE CHIEF SAFETY AND SECURITY ADVISER OF THE SHELL COMPANY, MR WONG WING-HOU, AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HONG KONG AIR CARGO TERMINALS LIMITED, MISS ADA LEUNG.
MR HIRAGA SPECIALLY FLEW IN FROM JAPAN TO SHARE HIS EXPERIENCE IN PROMOTING INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AT WORK IN HIS COUNTRY THROUGH THE SELF-REGULATORY APPROACH.
HE GAVE A BRIEF ACCOUNT ON THE HISTORY, CURRENT STATUS AND THE PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT PREVENTION IN JAPAN.
MR WONG AND MISS LEUNG SPOKE RESPECTIVELY ON THE MANAGEMENT'S ROLE IN EFFECTIVE IN-PLANT VOLUNTARY SAFETY MOVEMENT AND THE BENEFITS OF SUCH MOVEMENT IN THE EYES OF EMPLOYEES.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS, MR CHENG YIU-TONG, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PUBLICITY PROGRAMME SUB- COMMITTTEE, MR K. Y. TONGSON.
ABOUT 150 MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND WORKERS IN VARIOUS INDUSTRIES TOOK PART IN THE FORUM.
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR OUTSTANDING DISABLED STUDENTS
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TEN DISABLED STUDENTS WHO HAVE EXCELLED IN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS, CONDUCT, LEADERSHIP AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY WERE AWARDED THE SHELL-ISLAND JAYCEES SCHOLARSHIPS AT A CEREMONY TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
ADDRESSING THE GATHERING WHICH COMPRISED THE AWARDS RECIPIENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS AND PARENTS, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR Y.T. LI, SAID HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES THAT THE RECIPIENTS HAD ENGAGED IN.
HE SAID THEY WERE LEADERS IN THEIR SCHOOLS AND HAD ALL SHOWN A HIGH DEGREE OF COMMITMENT AND PERSEVERANCE IN SPORTS AND MUSIC, IN SERVICES TO THE ELDERLY AND THE HANDICAPPED, IN COMMUNITY CAMPAIGNS AND AS MEMBERS OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB.
/MR LI
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