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WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 22, 1989

EXHIBITION TO PROMOTE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

AN EXHIBITION TO PROMOTE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND QUARRYING INDUSTRIES WILL BE HELD AT THE NEW TOWN PLAZA IN SHA TIN FROM FRIDAY TO TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 24 TO 28).

CONSTRUCTION AND

THE "OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVE QUARRYING INDUSTRIES" EXHIBITION IS ORGANISED BY THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH DIVISION OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND CO-ORGANISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE OF THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH COUNCIL (OSHC).

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*THE EXHIBITION AIMS TO ENHANCE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH IN WORK PLACES. AND TO ACQUAINT EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS WITH THE VARIOUS OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS AND DISEASES IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND QUARRYING

THE DEPARTMENT'S SENIOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH OFFICER, DR C.W. YU, SAID

TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

INDUSTRIES,

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"THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHS AND SAMPLES ON DISPLAY, VISITORS TO THE EXHIBITION WILL BE ABLE TO GAIN A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMMON OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS AND DISEASES AND THEIR PREVENTIVE MEASURES IN THE TWO INDUSTRIES, DR YU ADDED.

THESE INCLUDE SILICOSIS, ASBESTOSIS. CONTACT DERMATITIS + POISONING CAUSED BY ORGANIC SOLVENT AND GAS AS WELL AS DEAFNESS CAUSED BY NOISE.

IN ADDITION TO SLIDE SHOWS, A

NEWLY-PRODUCED 18-MINUTE VIDEO ON SILICOSIS WIL BE SCREENED TO EXPLAIN THE CAUSES OF THE DISEASE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AGAINST IT.

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VISITORS CAN TRY THE LUNG FUNCTION TEST WHICH CAN DETECT EARLY DETERIORATION OF THE LUNGS. DR YU ADDED.

"THEY CAN ALSO

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OBTAIN INFORMATION ON SOME 1.000 CHEMICALS COMMONLY USED IN LOCAL INDUSTRIES FROM A COMPUTER TOXICOLOGY DATA BANK AT THE EXHIBITION.

"STAFF OF THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH DIVISION WILL BE ON HAND TO EXPLAIN TO VISITORS THE HEALTH HAZARDS RELATING ΤΟ THE CHEMICALS. DR YU SAID.

THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OPENED AT 3 PM ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 241 BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR MR TONY HAMMOND. THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR S.H. LEE, THE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF OSHC. MR K.Y. TONGSON, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE OSHC'S CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE, MR PETER NIE.

/THE OPENING