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TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1990

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CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT CATERING WORKERS' HEARING

FACTORY INSPECTORS FROM THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND TRADE UNIONS REPRESENTATIVES TODAY (TUESDAY) VISITED A RESTAURANT TO LAUNCH A CAMPAIGN PROMOTING HEARING CONSERVATION AMONG WORKERS IN THE CATERING TRADE.

WHEN THE TEAM CALLED AT THE GOOD WORLD RESTAURANT IN MEI FOO SUN CHUEN, THEY CONDUCTED AUDIOMETRIC TESTS ON WORKERS TO FIND OUT WHETHER THEY SUFFERED FROM HEARING IMPAIRMENT CAUSED BY NOISE GENERATED BY STOVES.

THEY ALSO PRESENTED SOUVENIRS TO WORKERS WHO HAD TAKEN THE NECESSARY HEARING SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND GAVE FREE EAR PROTECTORS TO OTHERS.

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THE TWO-WEEK CAMPAIGN INCLUDES VISITS TO A NUMBER ESTABLISHMENTS WHERE WORKERS IN KITCHENS ARE LIKELY TO BE EXCESSIVE NOISE GENERATED BY STOVES

OF CATERING

EXPOSED TO

IT IS ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS AND IS PART OF A CONTINUING INDUSTRY-BASED PROGRAMME ON HEARING CONSERVATION AMONG WORKERS.

INSIDER DEALING TRIBUNAL REPORT PUBLISHED

THE INSIDER

DEALING TRIBUNAL WHICH INQUIRED INTO POSSIBLE CULPABLE INSIDER DEALING IN RELATION TO THE ORDINARY SHARES OF LAFE HOLDINGS LIMITED BETWEEN MARCH 1, 1989 AND MAY 5, 1989, SUBMITTED, ITS REPORT TO THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR PIERS JACOBS, ON FEBRUARY 1990.

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THE TRIBUNAL COMMENCED ITS INQUIRY IN NOVEMBER 1989. IT WAS CHAIRED BY MR JUSTICE NAZARETH, AND ITS TWO LAY MEMBERS WERE MR ALAN KEMP AND MR DENNIS H.S. LAM.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT THE REPORT HAS SINCE BEEN TRANSLATED INTO CHINESE AND COPIES PRINTED IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE.

COPIES IN BOTH LANGUAGES PRICED AT $22 EACH ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GPO BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT BECAUSE THE TRIBUNAL'S PROCEEDINGS WERE JUDICIAL, ITS MEMBERS HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD MAKE NO PUBLIC STATEMENT RELATING TO THE TRIBUNAL'S PROCEEDINGS OR THE REPORT.

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