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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23. 1988

ADDITION TO THE NORMAL ENFORCEMENT BY THE FACTORY TURATE, MR BRIDGE SAID SAFETY WAS ALSO MONITORED BY THE CENTRAL FOR HANDLING SAFETY COMMITTEE WHICH INCLUDED REPRESENTATIVES **AJOR CONTAINER DEPOTS, CONTAINER REPAIR FIRMS, THE MARINE

ENT AND THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

"THE COMMITTEE ORGANISES ANNUAL SAFETY PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMMES D BY THE INDUSTRY AND HAS COMPILED A BOOKLET ENTITLED 'SAFE *FICES FOR CONTAINER HANDLING' WHICH SETS OUT GUIDELINES FOR THE

HANDLING, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF CONTAINERS, HE SAID.

REVIEW OF STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR KINDERGARTENS

THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS ON THE OPERATION OF KINDERGARTENS OW UNDER REVIEW, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON BRIDGE, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON PAUL CHENG, MR BRIDGE KINDERGARTENS, WHETHER PROFIT-MAKING OR NOT, WERE REQUIRED

TH THE EDUCATION ORDINANCE AND THE EDUCATION REGULATIONS.

SAID то

"THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S 1984 MANUAL OF KINDERGARTEN ACTICE SERVES TWO PURPOSES: TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE MAIN STATUTORY

“'IREMENTS AND TO ADVISE OPERATORS ON GOOD EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE.

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"NO CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE LEGISLATION SINCE 1984, * MANUAL STILL ACCURATELY REFLECTS THE CRITERIA WHICH MUST BE MET

FORE A KINDERGARTEN CAN BE REGISTERED," MR BRIDGE SAID.

THE CRITERIA IN THE MANUAL RELATING TO GOOD PRACTICE HAD BREN DRAWN UP BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WITH THE ADVICE OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH, FIRE SERVICES AND SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENTS.

INSPECTORS

VISITED

THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S KINDERGARTEN TWICE A YEAR TO ENSURE THAT STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS BLING MET, AND TO ADVISE ON GOOD EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE, HE ADDED.

BACH

WERE

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