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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1989

ONE-DAY PROGRAMMES ON SAFETY AT WORK WERE PROVIDED EVERY FOR STUDENTS TAKING UP SUMMER JOBS.

ON MEASURES TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM ROAD ACCIDENTS, SAID THERE WAS LEGISLATION ON THE WEARING OF SEAT BELTS CARS, AND THIS WOULD BE EXTENDED ΤΟ TAXIS AND LIGHT JULY 1 THIS YEAR.

YEAR

MR CHAU IN PRIVATE BUSES ON

HR SAID THAT TO EDUCATE CHILDREN ON ROAD SAFETY, SAFETY COUNCIL HAD PRODUCED ROAD SAFETY TEACHING KITS FOR KINDERGARTENS AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND RAN CYCLING PROFICIENCY FOR YOUNG PERSONS.

THE ROAD USE IN COURSES

A ROAD USERS CODE WAS ALSO PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND CHAPTERS OF THIS WERE AIMED AT CHILDREN.

TWO

VARIOUS OFF-STREET

IN ADDITION, THE ROAD SAFETY ASSOCIATION ORGANISED PROGRAMMES, SUCH AS SCHOOL CROSSING PATROLS, AND THERE WAS TRAINING FOR MOTOR-CYCLISTS, MANY OF WHOM WERE YOUNG PERSONS.

OF POTENTIAL DANGER ΤΟ YOUNGER CHILDREN WERE IMPROPERLY CONSTRUCTED CONSUMER PRODUCTS, SUCH AS TOYS, MR CHAU SAID.

THE CONSUMER COUNCIL HAD A PROGRAMME FOR TESTING A PRODUCTS INCLUDING THOSE USED BY AND AFFECTING THE YOUNGER AGE

VARIETY OF

HE SAID.

GROUP,

COUNCIL

WHEN UNSAFE OR DANGEROUS PRODUCTS WERE IDENTIFIED, THE WOULD APPROACH MANUFACTURERS OR IMPORTERS AND, IF NECESSARY, ALERT THE PUBLIC.

A WORKING GROUP ON TOY SAFETY HAD RECENTLY RECOMMENDED LEGISLATION SHOULD BE INTRODUCED ΤΟ ADOPT CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ON TOY SAFETY, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE POINTED OUT.

THAT

"I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS RECOMMENDATION HAS BEEN ACCEPTED, PRINCIPLE.

IN BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY AND THE WORKING GROUP IS NOW EXAMINING WHICH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS SHOULD BE ADOPTED, HE SAID.

ΓΙ

"A SEPARATE WORKING GROUP ON PRODUCT SAFETY IS NOW WHETHER

EXAMINING LEGISLATION IS REQUIRED ΤΟ CONTROL UNSAFE OR DANGEROUS PRODUCTS WHICH ARE NOT ALREADY COVERED BY SPECIFIC LEGISLATION SUCH AS THE PHARMACY AND POISONS ORDINANCE."

MR CHAU SAID RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS SPORTS, PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN A CHILD'S UPBRINGING.

DETAILED DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS THEREFORE COVERED FACILITIES SUCH AS SWIMMING POOLS, SPORTS GROUNDS, INDOOR GAMES AND SO ON.

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