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SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1988

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY MOVEMENT TO ENTER NEW ERA

AS HONG KONG WAS ABOUT TO ENTER A NEW ERA IN THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY MOVEMENT, EMPLOYEES IN EVERY OCCUPATION WOULD HAVE A BETTER AND SAFER ENVIRONMENT TO WORK IN, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR TONY HAMMOND, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

MR HAMMOND WAS OFFICIATING AT THE AWARD PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL SAFETY CAMPAIGN PROJECT ORGANISED BY THE PENINSULA JAYCEES AT THE NEW TOWN PLAZA, SHA TIN.

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HE WAS REFERRING TO THE FORMATION OF THE OCCUPATIONAL AND HEALTH COUNCIL WHICH WOULD WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IN THE PROMOTION OF SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK.

"WITH THE CONTINUED ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT OF VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY, THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY MOVEMENT IN HONG KONG IS ABOUT TO ENTER A NEW ERA," MR HAMMOND SAID.

HE SAID THE COUNCIL WOULD SOON COME INTO OPERATION NOW THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH COUNCIL BILL HAD BEEN PASSED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL LAST MONTH.

"INDUSTRIAL SAFETY IS A TRIPARTITE BUSINESS WHICH REQUIRES CONCERTED EFFORTS OF EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYEES AND THE GOVERNMENT. POINTED OUT.

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THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COUNCIL HAD BEEN DRAWN UP ALONG THIS LINE AND IT WOULD INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES OF EMPLOYERS EMPLOYEES, PROFESSIONAL, AND ACADEMIC INTERESTS, AND THOSE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WHICH WERE CLOSELY INVOLVED IN THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH FIELD.

"THE VALUE OF SUCH TRIPARTITE INVOLVEMENT HAS BEEN PROVED THROUGH THE SUCCESS OF THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE SET UP UNDER THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD 11 YEARS AGO.

"CONTRIBUTIONS FROM BOTH EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES TO THE WORK OF THIS COMMITTEE HAVE DONE A GREAT DEAL TO FOSTER INTEREST IN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH AND HAVE ENSURED A BETTER WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR WORKERS IN HONG KONG, MR HAMMOND WENT ON.

MR HAMMOND PRAISED THE PENINSULA JAYCEES FOR ORGANISING THE PROJECT DURING THE PAST FEW MONTHS.

"I AM GLAD TO SEE THAT OTHER ORGANISATIONS FROM OUTSIDE THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR HAVE ALSO SHOWN KEEN INTEREST AND HAVE ORGANISED VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION IN THE PROMOTION OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, ADDED.

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