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SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 1988

"OUT ACHIEVEMENTS IN TOWN PLANNING HAVE BEEN HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM BY OUR OVERSEAS COUNTERPARTS INCLUDING UNIVERSITY LECTURERS, GOVERNMENT TOWN PLANNERS AND MAJOR PRIVATE DEVELOPERS, HE SAID.

"LAST YEAR, THE TOWN PLANNING OFFICE RECEIVED 14 VISITING DELEGATIONS FROM JAPAN, ISRAEL, SINGAPORE, INDIA,

WEST FRANCE,

GERMANY AND CHINA.

"THEY ALL TOOK A KEEN INTEREST IN OUR WORK AND THERE WERE MANY FRUITFUL PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGES THROUGH LECTURES, SEMINARS, TALKS, DISCUSSIONS AND GUIDED TOURS.

APART FROM PROVIDING A TELEPHONE (5-8482402) ENQUIRIES MANNED DURING OFFICE HOURS, THE TOWN PLANNING OFFICE PUBLISHED A NUMBER OF INFORMATION LEAFLETS AND BOOKLETS.

SERVICE HAS ALSO

PLANNING TOWN

THESE DEAL WITH PLANNING SYSTEMS AND ORGANISATION,

ΤΟ RELATED APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES, BASIC DATA PLANNING, AND PLANNING STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES, AND SO ON.

THE LEAFLETS ARE DISTRIBUTED FREE BY THE CENTRAL INFORMATION UNIT AT MURRAY BUILDING, FOURTH FLOOR, GARDEN ROAD, CENTRAL, AND THROUGH THE DISTRICT OFFICES AND PUBLIC ENQUIRIES CENTRES OF THE AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION.

CITY

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH EXHIBITION TO BE HELD IN TAIKOO SHING

A WEEK-LONG EXHIBITION ON OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH WILL BE OPENED

AT THE CITYPLAZA IN TAIKOO SHING ON FRIDAY (MARCH 18).

ORGANISED BY THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH DIVISION OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND SPONSORED BY 3M (FAR EAST) LTD, IT AIMS AT ENHANCING PUBLIC AWARENESS THE IMPORTANCE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH IN WORKPLACE.

THE

THROUGH AUDIO-VISUAL PRESENTATIONS AND STATIC DISPLAYS, THE EXHIBITION WILL INTRODUCE то THE PUBLIC THE NINE MOST COMMON OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS AND DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH INDUSTRY IN HONG

KONG.

OCCUPATIONAL DERMATITIS,

SICKNESS, NON-IONIZING

THESE INCLUDE ASBESTOS, SILICOSIS, CHEMICAL GASES AND MIST. DECOMPRESSION RADIATION, SOLVENT VAPOURS, AND LEAD POISONING.

THERE WILL