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SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1990

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BESIDES THE

PO

TO VISIT

LEUNG KUK KWAI SHING CHILDREN'S ALSO VISITED CHILDREN AT THE SPASTICS TRAINING CENTRE, THE GIRLS

AND THE ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG ELAINE FIELD SCHOOL IN SAU MAU PING HEEP HONG SOCIETY FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN.

ARE ALSO ENGAGED IN

"APART FROM SPECIAL PROJECTS, THE GIRLS REGULAR COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES," MRS MAK NOTED.

WITH

GROUP VISIT ELDERLY DRAMAS,

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"TWICE EVERY MONTH, MEMBERS OF THE SOCIAL SERVICE HOME FOR THE ELDERLY IN SHEK LEI PUI, CHATTING RESIDENTS THERE AND ENTERTAINING THEM WITH PERFORMANCES LIKE SHE SAID.

MA TAU WAI

HOME GIRLS'

IS

ONE OF SEVEN

RESIDENTIAL

INSTITUTIONS UNDER THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE REMAND AND AND YOUTH IN NEED OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS STATUTORY CARE AND PROTECTION.

EFFORTS IN MACHINE SAFETY REINFORCED

* * * * *

LINKAGE

WHICH IS BEING UNTIL TUESDAY

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IS TAKING PART IN THE "HONG KONG INDUSTRY INTERNATIONAL MACHINE TOOL EXHIBITION '90", HELD AT THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE (MARCH 13), TO REINFORCE ITS EFFORT IN PROMOTING MACHINE SAFETY.

THE EXHIBITION

INTERESTING

A VIDEO-TAPE (TRAINING), MR

"OUR DISPLAY AT

FEATURES AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS, SUCH AS CHARTS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND ON MACHINE SAFETY," THE DIVISIONAL FACTORY INSPECTOR WONG CHI-KAI, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

ACCIDENTS INDUSTRIAL "STATISTICS SHOW THAT OF THE

MR WONG SAID, 1988, 9,035 OR 15 PER CENT WERE CAUSED BY MACHINERY, NOTING ALSO THAT 21 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES.

59,508

IN

IN 1988 "THE FIVE TYPES OF MACHINES CAUSING MOST INJURY CASES

PRESS (770), LOOSE KNIFE WERE: SEWING MACHINE (1,681), METAL POWER

(349) WHEEL,

MACHINE PUNCHING MACHINE (660), ABRASIVE (306)," HE NOTED.

AND

DRILLING

MACHINE

THE

TO CURB ACCIDENTS, THE DEPARTMENT LAUNCHED A TWO-MONTH

PERIOD, FACTORY INSPECTORS SAFETY CAMPAIGN LAST MONDAY, DURING THIS WILL VISIT WORKPLACES TO EXPLAIN TO BOTH EMPLOYERS AND PROPER WAY TO GUARD THEIR MACHINES.

EMPLOYEES

"ACCORDING TO

THE

(GUARDING AND OPERATION OF

FACTORIES MACHINERY)

AND

INDUSTRIAL

UNDERTAKINGS DANGEROUS

EVERY REGULATIONS,

MR WONG SAID.

PART OF A MACHINE MUST BE EFFECTIVELY GUARDED,"

/"PROPRIETORS HAVE