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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1989

SAFETY MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE FOR LOCAL INDUSTRIALISTS

ABOUT 460 SUPERVISORS AND EMPLOYERS FROM THE LOCAL MANUFACTURING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES WILL SHARE JAPAN'S EXPERIENCE IN SAFETY MANAGEMENT AT A CONFERENCE TO BE HELD ON MONDAY (NOVEMBER 201 AT THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE.

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THE "CONFERENCE ON SAFETY AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT

A JAPANESE EXPERIENCE IS ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE JAPAN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ASSOCIATION (JISHA).

"THE CONFERENCE WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL INDUSTRIALISTS TO ENHANCE THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF TECHNIQUES IN SAFETY MANAGEMENT," THE DEPARTMENT'S CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR MR YIP YUK-LUN SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

"WE, HOPE THE JAPANESE EXAMPLE OF SUCCESS IN ACHIEVING A HIGH STANDARD OF SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK WILL INSPIRE THE LOCAL INDUSTRIAL SECTOR TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY STANDARD AT WORKPLACES, MR YIF ADDED.

THE CONFERENCE WILL BE CONDUCTED IN THE FORM OF TALKS AND DISCUSSIONS. SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION IN CANTONESE. ENGLISH AND JAPANESE WILL BE PROVIDED.

KUSAKARI, THE DIRECTOR

AMONG THE KEY SPEAKERS IS DR TAKASHI GENERAL OF THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT UNDER JAPAN'S LABOUR STANDARDS BUREAU. HE WILL TALK ON "SAFETY AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT IN JAPAN".

THE MANAGER OF THE LABOUR AFFAIRS AND SAFETY DEPARTMENT OF KAJIMA CORPORATION OF JAPAN, MR HISASHI ISHIMURA, WILL TALK

"INDUSTRIAL SAFETY MOVEMENT

ESTABLISHED SAFETY CONSTRUCTION

ABOUT CYCLE".

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MR CHEUNG LUN, A MEMBER OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD AND THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH COUNCIL IN HONG KONG. WILL DISCUSS "EMPLOYERS' RESPONSIBILITY IN THE PROMOTION OF SAFETY AND HEALTH FROM EMPLOYEES' POINT OF VIEW".

THE CONFERENCE WILL BE OPENED BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR K.Y. YEUNG: THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR KENNETH KWOK; THE DIRECTOR OF HOUSING. MR Y.L. PANG; THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR,

MR TONY HAMMOND: AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING COMMITTEE ON THE CONFERENCE. MR K.Y. TONGSON,

ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WILL BE DR TAKASHI KUSAKARI, THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF JISHA'S INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION DEPARTMENT. MR OSAMŲ TOMIHISA.

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NOTE TO EDITORS:

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YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF "CONFERENCE ON SAFETY AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT - A JAPANESE EXPERIENCE" WHICH WILL BEGIN AT 5.45 PM ON MONDAY (NOVEMBER 201 AT THEATRE ONE, HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE. 1 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI.

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