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SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 1992
BID TO STEP UP SAFETY IN FACTORIES
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT ISSUED 152 SUMMONSES AGAINST FACTORY OWNERS WITH POOR SAFETY RECORDS OR HIGH POTENTIAL HAZARDS DURING A RECENT CAMPAIGN.
"THE TWO-WEEK CAMPAIGN WAS AIMED AT PUTTING ACROSS THE MESSAGE THAT THESE FACTORIES ARE KEPT UNDER OUR CLOSE SURVEILLANCE AND THAT ENFORCEMENT ACTION WILL BE TAKEN OUT AGAINST OFFENDING PROPRIETORS, DEPUTY CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR, MR KAN HON-SANG, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
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"HOWEVER, FACTORY OWNERS MUST REALISE THAT IT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE A SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES AND THAT THEY SHOULD NOT RELY ON OUR FACTORY INSPECTORS TO CONDUCT SAFETY INSPECTIONS ON THEIR BEHALF, MR KAN STRESSED.
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IN-PLANT
"FACTORY OWNERS SHOULD DEVELOP THEIR OWN SELF-REGULATORY SAFETY PROGRAMMES AND ADOPT SAFE SYSTEMS OF WORK ΤΟ ENSURE THAT THEIR WORKERS ARE NOT PUT TO RISK," HE ADDED.
FACTORY INSPECTORS VISITED ABOUT 800 FACTORIES DURING THE CAMPAIGN AND MOST OF THE SUMMONSES WERE ISSUED UNDER THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (FIRE PRECAUTIONS IN NOTIFIABLE WORKPLACES) AND (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS.
IN ADDITION, MORE THAN 600 WRITTEN WARNINGS WERE ISSUED ΤΟ FACTORY OWNERS REQUIRING THEM TO IMPROVE THEIR WORKING CONDITIONS.
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POSTER PUBLICISING FOSTER CARE SERVICE PRODUCED
THE CENTRAL FOSTER-CARE UNIT OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAS PRODUCED A POSTER TO PROMOTE FOSTER-CARE
A FORM NON-INSTITUTIONAL RESIDENTIAL CHILD-CARE SERVICE.
SERVICE
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THE SERVICE IS AIMED AT PROVIDING A TEMPORARY ALTERNATIVE FAMILY FOR CHILDREN, WHO CANNOT BE ADEQUATELY LOOKED AFTER BY THEIR FAMILIES BECAUSE OF NEGLIGENCE, ILLNESS OF THE PARENTS OR OTHER SOCIAL PROBLEMS.
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"THE POSTERS ARE NOW ON DISPLAY AT THE DEPARTMENT'S OFFICES IN ORDER TO REACH MORE POTENTIAL FOSTER PARENTS," A SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
THE POSTERS WILL ALSO BE PUT UP ON GOVERNMENT POSTER SITES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY AND AT PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES LATER.
/HE SAID
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