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MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1989

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LAB AGREES TO SET UP NEW INDUSTRIAL SAFETY COMMITTEE

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ADVISORY BOARD, AT

THE NEW LABOUR (MONDAY) AFTERNOON, ENDORSED A PROPOSAL TO SET UP A NEW APRIL 1 TO ADVISE THE BOARD ON MATTERS AND HEALTH LEGISLATION.

ITS FIRST MEETING THIS COMMITTEE ON CONCERNING INDUSTRIAL SAFETY

IT WILL REPLACE THE OLD INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH FORMED UNDER THE BOARD.

COMMITTEE

THAT

FOLLOWING THE ESTABLISHMENT

OF

THE

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WOULD DEVELOPING, PUBLICISING AND

MEMBERS WERE TOLD OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH COUNCIL, CONCENTRATE ITS RESOURCES ON REVIEWING, ENFORCING INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH LEGISLATION.

THINGS, PROVIDE A FORUM AND ENFORCEMENT OF

THE NEW COMMITTEE WILL, AMONG OTHER FOR THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH LEGISLATION, AND WILL RECOMMEND

WITH DEPARTMENT LABOUR

A TO BE ADOPTED BY THE

HIGHER STANDARDS OF SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK.

TO VIEW

MEASURES ACHIEVING

SAFETY

OF INTRODUCING AND INDUSTRIAL

IT WILL ALSO KEEP UNDER REVIEW THE ADEQUACY OF EXISTING AND HEALTH LEGISLATION AND ADVISE ON THE DESIRABILITY

THE ADDITIONS TO

FACTORIES ANY AMENDMENTS OR UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE AND ITS SUBSIDIARY REGULATIONS.

MEMBERSHIP OF THE EXISTING THE BOARD ALSO AGREED ON THE NEW

SERVICES, IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMITTEES ON EMPLOYMENT

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR STANDARDS, LABOUR RELATIONS, AND EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION.

ΤΟ EXISTING LABOUR DURING 1987 AND ΤΟ THE

THE BOARD THEN NOTED A LIST OF AMENDMENTS LEGISLATION WHICH WERE CONSIDERED BY THE LAST BOARD 1988, AND A LIST OF NEW ITEMS WHICH ARE LIKELY TO BE REFERRED BOARD FOR ADVICE THIS YEAR.

MEMBERS FURTHER

NOTED THE

BOARD'S

TERMS OF

REFERENCE

COMPOSITION AS WELL AS A PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS FOR 1989.

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BANKING TRAINING CENTRE TO BE OFFICIALLY OPENED

AND

COUNCIL

THE BANKING TRAINING CENTRE OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BANKING TRAINING BOARD, MR DAVID K.P. LI, TOMORROW (TUESDAY MORNING.

THE CENTRE HAS BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE LAST APRIL, PROVIDING UPGRADING TRAINING FOR BANKING STAFF.

/THE COURSES