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THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1989

BETTER "IT IS INTENDED TO GIVE THE PUBLIC A

OCCUPATIONAL

UNDERSTANDING OF

VARIOUS HEALTH HAZARDS AND

DISEASES, AS WELL AS THE PREVENTIVE MEASURES THAT CAN BE TAKEN, A LABOUR DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR OF HEALTH, DR S.H. LEE,

OPENED THE FIRST EXHIBITION, TO BE LABOUR, MR TONY HAMMOND, AND THE DIRECTOR WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE NEW WORLD PLAZA IN TSIM SHA TSUI BETWEEN SATURDAY (MAY 6) AND MONDAY.

TSIM SHA

MAY 22 TO

IT WILL THEN MOVE TO THE CHINA HONG KONG CITY,

TSUI (FROM MAY 9 TO 14); TO THE EMPIRE CENTRE, TSIM SHA TSUI EAST (FROM MAY 15 TO 21); AND TO THE TUEN MUN CITY PLAZA, TUEN MUN (FROM 28).

"APART FROM INTRODUCING SOME COMMON OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH INDUSTRY, SUCH

SILICOSIS, DANGEROUS CHEMICALS, THE EXHIBITIONS WILL ALSO OFFICE WORKERS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

AS

DISEASES AND ASBESTOS AND COVER HAZARDS

'TO

VISUAL

PI

"THESE INCLUDE NOISE POLLUTION, WORK STRESS, EFFECTS OF DISPLAY UNITS AND OTHER HAZARDS PRESENT IN AN OFFICE ENVIRONMENT.

AND MEDICAL

OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENISTS

STAFF FROM THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL BE ON HAND TO ANSWER ENQUIRIES FROM THE PUBLIC.

SATURDAY, A TO COINCIDE WITH THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION ON

BE HELD AT THE SEMINAR ENTITLED "OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND YOU" WILL

5.30 PM. LECTURE HALL OF THE HONG KONG SPACE MUSEUM BETWEEN 3 PM AND ADMISSION IS FREE.

KONG GUEST SPEAKERS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, THE HONG

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH WORKERS HEALTH CENTRE AND THE

DIVISION OF THE DISPLAY UNITS, LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL SPEAK ON THE EFFECTS OF VISUAL OFFICE ENVIRONMENT, STRESS AND THE EFFECTS OF CHEMICALS.

IS IT

HOPED THAT THE SEMINAR

WILL

FORUM A PROVIDE USEFUL INFORMATION

PARTICIPANTS TO SHARE WITH THE SPEAKERS' CONSTRUCTIVE VIEWS ABOUT OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

FOR

AND

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED

COVER ΤΟ

THE

OPENING

CEREMONY

HAMMOND,

OF THE AND THE NEW WORLD PLAZA, TSIM

EXHIBITION BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR TONY DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR S.H. LEE, AT THE TSUI, AT 2 PM ON SATURDAY (MAY 6).

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