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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1988

REFRAIN FROM

"AN EMPLOYEE MUST USE THE PROTECTIVE CLOTHING OR EQUIPMENT PROVIDED BY THE EMPLOYER IN A PROPER MANNER AND HE MUST EATING, DRINKING OR SMOKING IN A WORKROOM IN WHICH DANGEROUS

SUBSTANCES ARE USED.

A DANGEROUS

SUBSTANCE

WHERE "THE REGULATIONS WILL APPLY PRESENT IN A SPECIFIED INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKING IN CONNECTION INDUSTRIAL PROCESS OR OPERATION, HE SAID.

+

231 THE FIRST SCHEDULE LISTED

KONG.

19

WITH AN

DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES COMMONLY USED IN INDUSTRY IN HONG

THEY WERE CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO

EXPANDED IN SEVEN TYPES OF BASIC RISK. THE LIST COULD BE

FUTURE BY NOTICE IN THE GAZETTE, AS NECESSARY.

STANDARD

SYMBOLS ADOPTED FROM THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME DANGEROUS GOODS CODE WERE USED FOR THE SEVEN TYPES OF RISK. FORTY-NINE

AND RISK DESCRIPTIONS

46 STANDARDISED SAFETY DESCRIPTIONS WERE PRESCRIBED IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH SCHEDULES.

AND ENGLISH, THE THE RISK DESCRIPTION AND A STANDARD SYMBOL

ALL LABELS HAD TO CONTAIN, IN CHINESE CHEMICAL NAME OR COMMON NAME OF THE SUBSTANCE; AND SAFETY CLASSIFICATION OF THE INDICATING THE BASIC RISK.

SUBSTANCE;

BY A

"THE MAXIMUM PENALTIES PRESCRIBED FOR OFFENCES COMMITTED

RANGE PROPRIETOR

FROM $20,000 TO $30,000 WHILE THOSE FOR OFFENCES BY AN EMPLOYEE ARE $10,000.

"SOME EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES HAVE SUGGESTED UNFAIR TO MAKE EMPLOYEES LIABLE UNDER THE REGULATIONS,

THAT IT IS

"IT IS OUR FIRM VIEW THAT BOTH EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES MUST

HE SAID. SHARE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENSURING SAFETY AT WORK,

"

BRIDGE SAID MR

THE LABELLING SYSTEM PROPOSED IN THE IN REGULATIONS WAS IN LINE WITH THE METHOD USED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THE CLASSIFICATION, PACKAGING AND LABELLING

DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES REGULATIONS 1984.

OF

THESE FOLLOWED UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS AND WERE COMMONLY USED IN EEC COUNTRIES.

AT PRESENT

"SOME DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES IMPORTED FROM OVERSEAS MAY USE A HAS BEEN SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT LABELLING SYSTEM. DUE ALLOWANCE FOR THIS MADE IN THE PROPOSED REGULATION 7(A), WHICH PROVIDES FOR EXEMPTION

ARE SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME WHERE THE PARTICULARS IN THE LABELS THOSE PRESCRIBED, HE SAID.

AS

/MR BRIDGE