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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1988

GOVERNOR VISITS LABOUR DEPARTMENT

WORK DONE THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAW FOR HIMSELF THE BY THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE AND THE HIGHER EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT SERVICE WHEN HE VISITED THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON.

SIR DAVID WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE MR TONY HAMMOND, WHO SHOWED HIM ROUND THE IN HARBOUR BUILDING, CENTRAL.

COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS

THE GOVERNOR WAS BRIEFED ON THE WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES PROVIDED TO EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS, AND YOUNG PEOPLE READY TO JOIN THE WORKFORCE.

WHO ARE GETTING

OF THE

IN 1997, ABOUT 1.1 MILLION VISITS WERE MADE BY MEMBERS PUBLIC TO THE 40 OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY,

HE WAS PLEASED ON THE LABOUR RELATIONS FRONT, SIR DAVID SAID

OF HONG KONG THERE WERE TO NOTE THAT IN THE WHOLE

ONLY 14 WORK BRING STOPPAGES IN 1987, RESULTING IN NO MORE THAN 2,800 WORKING DAYS LOST.

OF HOWEVER, THE NUMBER

WORKING DAYS LOST AS A RESULT OF OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS IN THAT YEAR WAS 780,000.

TO "THIS SHOWS THAT GREATER EFFORT NEEDS TO BE MADE HIGHER STANDARD OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, HE SAID.

14

ENSURE

THE "IN THIS

INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY. SO WILL THE COUNCIL."

OCCUPATIONAL

CENTRE

AND SAFETY

HAS AN HEALTH

DURING HIS VISIT, SIR DAVID WAS ALSO

THE BRIEFED - ON

OF COMPREHENSIVE BODY

LABOUR LEGISLATION COVERING CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT, SAFETY AND HEALTH AND EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION.

20 HE PRAISED THE DEPARTMENT'S SUSTAINED EFFORTS OVER THE PAST YEARS TO IMPROVE LABOUR STANDARDS IN

AND URGED THE HONG KONG DEPARTMENT STAFF TO CONTINUE THEIR EFFORTS TO RAISE STANDARDS.

SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE SIR DAVID THEN VISITED THE INDUSTRIAL

LAST WHICH OFFERS COURSES ON SAFETY AND HEALTH TO PEOPLE IN INDUSTRY.

COURSES ATTENDED SUCH

AT THE CENTRE. YEAR, ABOUT 12,000 TRAINEES

HE WAS SHOWN ROUND THE SIR DAVID SPOKE TO SOME OF THE TRAINEES AS CLASSROOMS.

/BEFORE CONCLUDING