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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1992

SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR AIRPORT CORE PROJECTS

VIEW IN

OF THE SCALE AND INTENSITY OF THE AIRPORT CORE PROJECTS, THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE A AND SITE SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS PERSONNEL INVOLVED.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE, A WRITTEN REPLY TO

HON TAM A QUESTION BY THE

YIU-CHUNG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN

IN

THE

BLAKE SAID MR REQUIREMENTS FOR A CONTRACTOR'S SITE SAFETY PLAN TO BE CLOSELY FOLLOWED.

THE ADDITIONAL

MEASURES

WOULD INCLUDE

THE

APPROVED

AND

"THE

CONDITIONS OF

CONTRACT AND

ARE

BEING

THE

ADDITIONAL

SPECIFICATIONS STRENGTHENED TO GIVE CONTRACTUALLY BINDING EFFECT TO SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, HE SAID.

■

INCLUDING

MOREOVER, MR BLAKE SAID, A SITE SAFETY MANUAL PROCEDURES FOR AUDITING SAFETY ACTIONS AND FOR EMERGENCY SUPPORT WAS BEING DEVELOPED TO ESTABLISH A FRAMEWORK COMMON TO ALL AIRPORT-RELATED CONTRACTS.

SAFETY

BE

THE USUAL QUARTERLY REPORTING ON CONTRACTORS, INCLUDING

SAFETY RECORDS WILL APPLY, AND CONTRACTORS' PERFORMANCE WILL REGULARLY REVIEWED.

WILL BE MR

"I

"IF THERE ARE ANY MAJOR SITE SAFETY PROBLEMS, THERE URGENT HIGH-LEVEL MANAGEMENT INVOLVEMENT TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION, BLAKE SAID.

HE

AFFECTED

ADDED THAT THE ELIGIBILITY

PERFORMANCE POOR SITE SAFETY

ΤΟ OF CONTRACTORS

TENDER

ALSO ADVERSELY FOR FURTHER

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.

BEING

"AS A POSITIVE ENCOURAGEMENT A SITE SAFETY

FURTHER CONSIDERED. THIS WILL REQUIRE CONTRACTORS INVOLVED AND OTHER RELEVANT BODIES,

AWARD SCHEME IS WITH DISCUSSION

HE SAID.

GOODS SMUGGLING BY LAND NOT RAMPANT

*

* * * *

SECURITY

FOR THE SECRETARY

MR ALISTAIR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT SMUGGLING GOODS INTO CHINA BY LAND WAS NOT RAMPANT.

TOLD ASPREY,

OF UNMANIFESTED

THE

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ANDREW WONG, MR LAST YEAR 63 CASES WERE DETECTED INVOLVING GOODS

ASPREY SAID WORTH

SOME

$36 MILLION.

/THE TYPES