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TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1992

"STAFF AT THE LOWER AND END OF THE SCALE ARE THE MOST HARD-HIT BY INFLATION," MR WIGGHAM EXPLAINED.

"AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF TWO YEARS OF WAGE RESTRAINT, WE CONSIDER IT REASONABLE, AFTER TAKING INTO ACCOUNT BUDGETARY AND ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS, TO OFFER A PAY RISE HIGHER THAN THE PAY TREND INDICATORS FOR LOWER PAID CIVIL SERVANTS, SO AS TO RESTORE THE REAL VALUE OF THEIR SALARIES.

"IN DECIDING ON THE SIZE OF THE PAY OFFER, THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAD TO BALANCE CAREFULLY THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO CIVIL SERVANTS AS THEIR EMPLOYER AND ITS WIDER RESPONSIBILITY TO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.

BE

FOLLOWING CONSULTATIONS WITH STAFF, THE PROPOSED PAY AWARD WILL CONSIDERED AGAIN BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL BEFORE A FINAL DECISION

IS MADE.

IF APPROVED, THE PROPOSED PAY AWARD WILL COST AN ADDITIONAL $5.5 BILLION A YEAR, INCLUDING THE PROVISION FOR SUBVENTED

ORGANISATIONS.

CONSTRUCTION SAFETY FOR PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS

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MANUAL

THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION SAFETY PREPARED FOR THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME (ACP) TO BE USED WITH APPROPRIATE CHANGES, FOR OTHER NON-ACP PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS.

BEING

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE, THE ANNUAL CONSTRUCTION SAFETY CONFERENCE THIS (TUESDAY EVENING.

MR BLAKE SAID THE MANUAL, WITH ITS PROVISIONS, AIMED AT ZERO FATAL OCCURRENCES IN EVERY ACP CONTRACT.

ACCIDENTS

AT

COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY AND ZERO DANGEROUS

HE OUTLINED SOME OF THE PROVISIONS WHICH WERE ALREADY APPLICABLE TO PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS AS FOLLOWS:

QUARTERLY REPORTING ON SAFETY PERFORMANCE ON CONTRACTORS AND REGULAR REVIEW OF THEIR SAFETY RECORDS;

WEEKLY REPORT IN LARGE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS FOR MONITORING BY SITE STAFF AND THE ENGINEER;

PROMOTING THE SET UP OF 'SAFETY COMMITTEES' ON SITE BY THE CONTRACTOR;

GUIDELINES TO ENSURE THAT ALL SITE STAFF RECEIVE SUITABLE TRAINING AND CONTINUING SAFETY EDUCATION;

/- WORKS BRANCH