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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1990

"SOME CAN BE QUITE TOXIC IN THEMSELVES AND MAY HAVE LONG-TERM EFFECTS ON HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

DIRECTOR

OF

"A PROVISION IN THE BILL THEREFORE ENABLES THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES TO PROHIBIT OR CONTROL THE USE OF SUCH INERT AND INGREDIENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PESTICIDES AND THE IMPORT, SALE SUPPLY OF PESTICIDES CONTAINING SUCH INERT INGREDIENTS.

"THE MANUFACTURE, IMPORT, SALE OR SUPPLY OF PESTICIDES CONTAINING PROHIBITED OR CONTROLLED INERT INGREDIENTS IN CONTRAVENTION

PROHIBITION OR THE IMPOSED CONDITIONS OF ANY

WILL BE OFFENCES PUNISHABLE UNDER THE ORDINANCE," SHE SAID.

THAT TO FACILITATE TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS, MRS YU EXPLAINED

OF SIX MONTHS ANYONE WHO DEALT IN A PESTICIDE WOULD HAVE A PERIOD WITHIN WHICH TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW PROVISIONS.

"FURTHERMORE, A LICENCE OR A PERMIT FOR AN AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDE WHICH WAS GRANTED BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT DATE WILL REMAIN VALID FOR THE REMAINDER OF ITS UNEXPIRED PERIOD," SHE SAID.

MRS

YU SAID

AMENDMENTS THE BILL ALSO CONTAINED OTHER

OF A

TECHNICAL NATURE.

DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.

BILL TO BRING IN CATERING TRADE INTO SAFETY NET FOR WORKERS

IN VIEW OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF CATERING TRADE, THE LABOUR ADVISORY

EXTEND

THE

ACCIDENTS WORK

INVOLVING THE BOARD HAS ADVISED THAT IT IS

NECESSARY

UNDERTAKINGS FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL

FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, ORDINANCE TO THIS TRADE, THE SECRETARY THE HON K.Y. YEUNG, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

ΤΟ

MOVING THE SECOND

READING OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL SEEKS TO MR YEUNG SAID THE BILL UNDERTAKINGS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990,

UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE TO THE EXTEND THE FACTORIES AND

THE

TRADE BY

INDUSTRIAL

CATERING

CATERING INCLUDING DEFINITION OF AN INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKING.

ESTABLISHMENTS

WITHIN

THE ORDINANCE, WHICH PROTECTS THE SAFETY AND HEALTH OF WORKERS, NOT RESTAURANTS NOW COVERS FACTORIES AND CONSTRUCTION SITES ONLY BUT AND OTHER CATERING ESTABLISHMENTS.

THE BUSINESS NOT AT PRESENT

MR YEUNG POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE MORE WORK ACCIDENTS IN

OF CATERING TRADE THAN IN ANY OTHER CLASS COVERED BY THE ORDINANCE.

/IN 1989