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SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1991

HE ADVISED STUDENTS TO AVOID DOING THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF

JOBS:

DANGEROUS

THOSE REQUIRING THE OPERATION OF HEAVY MACHINERY, POWER-DRIVEN MACHINERY, ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND VIGOROUS

MANUAL WORK;

THOSE INVOLVING THE HANDLING OF CHEMICALS, TOXIC SUBSTANCES OR FIRE-RELATED PROCESSES;

THOSE AT CONSTRUCTION SITES; AND

* THOSE INVOLVING WORKING AT A HEIGHT.

ACCORDING TO THE

DEPARTMENT'S STATISTICS, 18 ACCIDENTS INVOLVING SUMMER JOB WORKERS WERE REPORTED LAST SUMMER, COMPARED WITH 29 IN 1989 AND 35 IN 1988.

MOST OF THE ACCIDENTS WERE RELATED TO THE USE OF MACHINERY (13 CASES IN 1990, 18 IN 1989 AND 21 IN 1988), WHILE OTHER ACCIDENTS MAINLY INVOLVED STEPPING ON OR STRIKING AGAINST OBJECTS, HANDLING OF HOT OR CORROSIVE SUBSTANCES AND USE OF HAND TOOLS.

"TO INSTIL IN STUDENTS THE CONCEPT OF WORK SAFETY, FACTORY INSPECTORS FROM THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE HAVE BEEN VISITING 56 SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTES BETWEEN MAY AND MID-JULY TO GIVE TALKS AND SHOW FILMS ON RELATED TOPICS, MR YIP SAID.

"LEAFLETS ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY ARE ALSO STUDENTS DURING THE VISITS," HE ADDED.

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MEANWHILE, TO COINCIDE WITH THE SUMMER JOB SAFETY PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN, FACTORY INSPECTORS CARRYING OUT ROUTINE INSPECTIONS TO FACTORIES ALSO GIVE SAFETY ADVICE TO EMPLOYERS AND SUMMER JOB WORKERS.

MR YIP URGED STUDENTS TO CONSULT THEIR PARENTS, CAREERS TEACHERS OR THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE DIVISION ON TEL. 852 3564 FOR ADVICE IF THEY HAD DOUBTS IN CHOOSING SUMMER JOBS.

CONTINUED SUCCESS FOR LOCAL CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT

THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE, TODAY (SATURDAY) COMMENDED THE FARMERS' AND FISHERMEN'S CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN HONG KONG IN THE PAST YEAR.

DR LEE SAID THIS WHEN GIVING A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE LOCAL CO- OPERATIVE MOVEMENT AT A DINNER RECEPTION OF THE 69TH INTERNATIONAL CO- OPERATIVE DAY IN HIS CAPACITY AS REGISTRAR OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES.

/ON VEGETABLE

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