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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1988

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MR HO SAID THIS WOULD HOPEFULLY CONVEY THE FREE TRADE MESSAGE TO PROTECTIONISTS WHO CONTINUED TO SEEK UNREASONABLE RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTS.

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CLAUSE 6 OF THE BILL PROVIDED THAT A SINGLE AUTHORITY, THE BOILERS AND PRESSURE VESSELS AUTHORITY, BE CREATED ΤΟ TAKE UP RESPONSIBILITY OF ENSURING THE SAFETY OF THIS TYPE OF DANGEROUS EQUIPMENT.

"THIS ARRANGEMENT OF PUTTING THE CONTROL UNDER A SINGLE AUTHORITY HAS STREAMLINED THE PREVIOUS PROVISION OF APPOINTING TWO SEPARATE PUBLIC OFFICERS, NAMELY THE REGISTRAR OF BOILERS AND ... PRESSURE RECEIVERS AND THE PRINCIPAL SURVEYOR OF BOILERS AND PRESSURE RECEIVERS, TO BE THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES IN SHARING THE SAME RESPONSIBILITY, MR HO SAID.

HE ALSO REFERRED TO AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 13 OF THE ORDINANCE WHICH EMPOWERED THE AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT RECOGNISED LOCAL INSPECTION BODIES IN THE ISSUE OF CERTIFICATES OF INSPECTION IN RESPECT OF BOILERS AND PRESSURE RECEIVERS.

AS HONG KONG'S DEMANDS FOR BOILERS AND PRESSURE RECEIVERS WERE ON THE INCREASE, THERE WOULD BE GREAT DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL IN THE LOCAL PRODUCTION OF THIS TYPE OF EQUIPMENT, WHICH MIGHT TURN OUT TO BE AN ASSET IN HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

"THE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS FIELD REFLECTS THAT TECHNOLOGICAL SKILLS IN THE PRODUCTION OF PRESSURE VESSELS AND EQUIPMENT IN HONG KONG HAVE IMPROVED REMARKABLY HE SAID.

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MR HO WELCOMED THE INCLUSION OF THERMAL OIL HEATERS FOR INDUSTRIAL USE IN THE DEFINITION OF "BOILERS" UNDER SECTION 2 OF THE ORDINANCE SO AS TO PUT THE USE OF THIS TYPE OF EQUIPMENT UNDER CONTROL AND ENSURE ITS OPERATIONAL SAFETY

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THERMAL OIL HEATERS CONSTITUTED CAUSED FATAL ACCIDENTS IN OVERSEAS COUNTRIES, HE SAID.

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