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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1988

AND

IN THE PROCESS, THEY COULD RELAX FROM THE PRESSURE OF WORK

IMPROVE THEIR MENTAL LIFE, DEVELOP THEIR INTERESTS IN GOOD HOBBIES,

LEARN HOW TO INTERACT WITH OTHER AND PHYSICAL HEALTH, AS WELL AS PEOPLE, THEREBY EXTENDING THEIR SOCIAL CIRCLES, HE ADDED.

MR CHAU COMMENDED THE HONG KONG PHAB ASSOCIATION FOR WORKING THE INTEGRATION OF THE ON THE BASIS OF THESE PRINCIPLES TO PROMOTE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED AND

NON-DISABLED THROUGH RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

THE

SOCIAL AND

FEWER ACCIDENTS INVOLVING SUMMER JOB WORKERS

THE

NUMBER

OF

ACCIDENTS INDUSTRIAL

WORKERS SHOWED A SLIGHT DECREASE THIS YEAR.

AT

INVOLVING

SUMMER

JOB

COMPARED

41

AGED BETWEEN 16 WITH

IN THE

DURING THE SUMMER VACATION, 35 YOUNG WORKERS

WHILE 19 WERE INJURED CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.

AND

WORK,

ACCIDENTS TO THE

A BREAKDOWN OF THIS YEAR'S STATISTICS SHOWED THAT 21 INVOLVED THE OPERATION OF MACHINERY AND THE REST WERE RELATED

SUBSTANCES, STEPPING ON OR STRIKING HANDLING OF HOT OR CORROSIVE OBJECTS, HANDLING WITHOUT MACHINERY AND USE OF HAND TOOLS,

A PLASTIC A 17-YEAR-OLD WORKER HAD FOUR OF HIS FINGERS CUT BY

BUT THE OTHERS SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR INJECTION MOULDING MACHINE, INJURIES.

AS

FIVE

TAKEN

THE OUT A

SUMMONSES WERE RESULT,

AGAINST UNDER THE FACTORTES AND EMPLOYERS FOR BREACHING VARIOUS PROVISIONS

PENDING EBARING INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE. THE CASES ARE NOW BY THE COURTS.

FACTORY INSPECTOR OF COMMENTING ON THE STATISTICS, THE CHIEF

HE WAS DISAPPOINTED

TO THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, MR YIP YUK-LUN, SAID

STILL

CONVENIENT FOUND IT

ΤΟ SEE THAT SO MANY EMPLOYERS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WORK SUCH AS OPERATING MACHINERY TO WORKERS.

"OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO CONTINUE OUR PUBLICITY AS TO STRENGTHEN OUR ENFORCEMENT ACTION NEXT YEAR,

DELEGATS NON-SKILLED

EFFORTS

** HR SAID.

AS WELL

VACATION STARTED THIS

YEAR, FECHNICAL INDUSTRIAL

HE NOTED THAT BEFORE THE SUMMER

41 SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND FACTORY INSPECTORS HAD VISITED

TALKS ON INSTITUTES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY TO DELIVER SAFETY TO OVER 100,000 STUDENTS.

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