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SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1989

THE POLICE FORCE. THE

COMMISSIONER SAID, HAD TAKEN A MORE EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM OF OVERLOADED GOODS VEHILCLES, AND FOUR PERMANENT WEIGH-STATIONS WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED ACROSS THE TERRITORY OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

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"THE FIRST IS NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON THE TOLO HIGHWAY AT MA LIŲ SAUI NEAR SHA TIN AND WILL COMMENCE OPERATION IN LATE 1939, MR ANNING SAID.

ACKNOWLEDGING THAT IT WAS HEARTENING TO NOTE THAT COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE POLICE HAD DROPPED DURING THE YEAR, THE COMMISSIONER SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN OVERALL DECREASE OF 28.7 PER CENT IN THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS RECEIVED.

NOTING THAT SIX PROJECTS WERE COMPLETED AND BECAME OPERATIONAL LAST YEAR. MR ANNING SAID MORE BUILDING PROJECTS WERE IN THE PIPELINE TO MEET THE EVER-GROWING POLICING COMMITMENTS.

IN CONCLUSION, HE STRESSED THAT THE FORCE WOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE AHEAD WITH A SERIES OF HIG!! TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS INCLUDING THE ENHANCED COMMAND AND CONTROL COMPUTER SYSTEM AND THE INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM.

INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS ON THE RISE

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THERE WAS AN ACROSS THE BOARD INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS IN ALL INDUSTRIES DURING THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.

ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY), THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REPORTED ACCIDENTS BETWEEN JANUARY AND MARCH STOOD AT 7,693 WITH 28 FATALITIES.

THESE COMPARED WITH 6,654 ACCIDENTS WITH 11 FATALITIES IN THE SAME THREE-MONTH PERIOD LAST YEAR.

"OF THE TOTAL. CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ACCOUNTED FOR 3,534 ACCIDENTS WITH 16 FATALITIES, FOLLOWED BY 3,394 ACCIDENTS WITH FIVE FATALITIES IN THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, AND 765 ACCIDENTS WITH SEVEN FATAL CASES IN THE MINING AND QUARRYING, UTILITIES, TRANSPORT AND OTHER SERVICING INDUSTRIES, +1 A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

"COMPARED WITH THE SAME QUARTER LAST YEAR, THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS OCCURRED IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY REGISTERED A 19 PER CENT INCREASE. THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY WAS UP BY 12 PER CENT THE REST UP RY 18 PER CENT,“

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/AN ANALYSIS