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TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1992

WORKS

BRANCH

RECEIVES QUARTERLY RETURNS CONSTRUCTION SITES; AND

ON

ACCIDENTS

AT

MR

BLAKE SAID

EDUCATION ON WORK SAFETY FOR YOUNG TRAINEE BY CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL.

IN ADDITION,

CONSIDERING THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS:

THE GOVERNMENT

WAS

ACTIVELY

-

INSPECTION

TEAMS TO JUDGE MEASURES ARE BEING ACHIEVED;

WHETHER THE REQUIRED SAFETY

MEANS TO ENSURE CONTRACTORS

UNDERSTAND CLEARLY

TENDER

REQUIREMENTS;

INTRODUCTION OF INCENTIVES AND PENALTIES;

INCLUSION OF APPROPRIATE STANDARD MEASURABLE SAFETY ITEMS IN EVERY CONTRACT;

CONTRACTORS

ΤΟ HAVE AN APPROVED SAFETY POLICY MAINTAIN THEIR STATUS IN GOVERNMENT APPROVED LISTS.

SO AS CONTRACTOR

ΤΟ

"NOTWITHSTANDING ALL THESE MEASURES, IT IS IMPORTANT

THE

SCALE

UNDERESTIMATE INDUSTRY, MR BLAKE SAID.

||

OF

SAFETY

PROBLEM IN

THE

NOT TO CONSTRUCTION

-

THE GOVERNMENT,

WILL

"CONCERTED EFFORTS FROM ALL PARTIES INVOLVED DEVELOPERS, DESIGNERS, CONTRACTORS, SUB-CONTRACTORS AND WORKERS - BE NEEDED TO BRING THE PROBLEM UNDER CONTROL.

"THE GOVERNMENT IN ITS ROLE AS A MAJOR DEVELOPER CAN AND CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THE 'THINK SAFE' MESSAGE, AND WILL ALSO USE AVAILABLE MEANS TO INFLUENCE PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPERS WHO MUST PLAY THEIR PART," HE ADDED.

WILL

EVERY

ALSO

PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN MARCH

* *

YEAR THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER THIS

32% AS WAS VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED, WHILE THAT OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY

ΤΟ STATISTICS ACCORDING COMPARED WITH THE SAME QUARTER LAST YEAR, RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

TAKING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER, THE VOLUME TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 21%. IMPORTS INCREASED BY 22% IN VOLUME.

OF

THE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF TRADE IS DERIVED FROM THE GROWTH IN TRADE VALUES WITH THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES HAVING BEEN DISCOUNTED.

/AS REGARDS