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MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1990

WORK SAFETY SYMPOSIUM OVERSUBSCRIBED

THE "SYMPOSIUM

ON SAFETY AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT

GENERAL DUTIES OF EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES AT WORK" ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND SCHEDULED TO BE HELD AT THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE ON WEDNESDAY (JANUARY 10) HAS MET WITH OVERWHELMING RESPONSE AND HAS BEEN OVERSUBSCRIBED.

"THE SYMPOSIUM WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR 330 PEOPLE BUT WE HAVE HAD TO INCREASE THE ENROLMENT TO 530

MEET DEMAND FROM THE INDUSTRIAL AND CONSTRUCTION SECTORS, THE DEPARTMENT'S CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR, MR YIP YUR-LUN, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

ACCORDING TO MR YIP, MOST PARTICIPANTS IN THE SYMPOSIUM ARB MANAGERS, SUPERVISORS AND SAFETY AND HEALTH OFFICERS OF VARIOUS INDUSTRIES.

"IT IS VERY ENCOURAGING TO SEE BOTH EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES BECOME INCREASINGLY AWARE OF THE IR RESPONSIBILITY FOR SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK," HE SAID.

AND

"THE SYMPOSIUM WILL GIVE THEM A VALUABLE CHANCE TO DISCUSS EXCHANGE VIEWS ON THE RECENTLY ENACTED FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1989 WHICH PRESCRIBES THE GENERAL DUTIES OF EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES IN WORK SAFETY," MR YIP SAID.

ONE OF THE SPEAKERS AT THE SYMPOSIUM IS MR J.D.G. HAMMER, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LABOUR INSPECTION AND RETIRED DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE.

↓ MR HAMMER HAS MORE THAN 35 YEARS SERVICE IN BRITAIN'S FACTORY INSPECTORATE AND HAS BEEN INVITED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SPECIALLY TO SPEAK AT THE SYMPOSIUM.

ANOTHER SPEAKER IS MR SUNG WING-KWONG, A SOLICITOR, WHO WILL DISCUSS "CIVIL LIABILITIES OF EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES ON SAFETY AND HEALTH".

THE SYMPOSIUM WILL BE OPENED BY OMELCO MEMBER MR CHENG HON-KWAN. COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR MR TONY HAMMOND. VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS MISS LAM SHUK-YEE, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE OF THE SYMPOSIUM MR K.Y. TONGSON.

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