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SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 1990

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NEW ELECTRICITY LEGISLATION OUTLINED

OF REGISTRATION

ELECTRICAL

WORKERS

WILL

COMMENCE

FROM

NOVEMBER 2

THE FOLLOWING

ENACTMENT

OF

THE

ELECTRICITY

(REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS 1990 BARLIER THIS YEAR.

THIS WILL

BE FOLLOWED

BY THE

CONTRACTORS BY NOVEMBER 1991.

ADDRESSING THE ANNUAL DINNER

AND APPLIANCES

(SUNDAY) EVENING, THE ACTING DIRECTOR

ELECTRICAL

ENGINEERING

SERVICES,

MR KWOK

PING-KI,

ELECTRICITY LEGISLATION.

OF REGISTRATION

ELECTRICAL

OF THE

HONG KONG AND TRADE WORKERS

OUTLINED

KOWLOON UNION THIS OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL

OF THE THE FEATURES

NEW

WAS NO STATUTORY

FOR

"IN THE

PAST, THERE

ELECTRICAL WORK TO BE CARRIED OUT UNDER PROPER SUPERVISION.

REQUIREMENT

AND A LACK

"THIS HAS RESULTED IN SUBSTANDARD ELECTRICAL WORK OF PROTECTION FOR CONSUMERS," MR KWOK SAID.

ΤΟ

UNDERTAKEN

BY

BE ONLY WORK WOULD ELECTRICAL ENSURE

REQUIRED QUALIFIED PEOPLE, ALL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND WORKERS ARE

DEPARTMENT AFTER TO REGISTER WITH ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES MEETING CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS, HE SAID.

ONLY REGISTERED ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, REGISTRATION UNDER THIS CONTRACTORS MAY BE EMPLOYED TO UNDERTAKE ELECTRICAL WORK.

IN TURN, THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO ENGAGE REGISTERED WORKERS WHO ARE QUALIFIED TO CARRY OUT THE WORK.

ELECTRICAL

ELECTRICAL OUT OR INTO

"IN AROUND MID 1992, THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT THAT

ONLY BE

CARRIED WORK ON FIXED ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS CAN SUPERVISED BY REGISTERED CONTRACTORS AND WORKERS WILL BE BROUGHT EFFECT," MR KWOK SAID.

TO MAKE THE ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY AND THE PUBLIC

WORKERS, OF ELECTRICAL WITH THE REGISTRATION SYSTEM PUBLICITY PROGRAMME WILL BE LAUNCHED SHORTLY, HE ADDED.

FULLY FAMILIAR

A SERIES

OF

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