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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1992

NIGHT.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THREE PERSONS WERE PROSECUTED BY THE POLICE FOR CAUSING EXCESSIVE NOISE FROM PUBLIC PLACE AT THEY WERE FINED FROM $400 TO $600.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

ENQUIRIES

ON SPECIFIC CASES MAY BE ADDRESSED TO THE FOLLOWING

PRINCIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICERS :

APCO,

NCO,

MR FRANKLIN CHUNG MR STEVEN HO

TEL 594 6200

TEL 594 6500

WPCO, CASE 16

DR MIKE CHIU

TEL 417 4101

WPCO, CASE 11, 12,

DR ELLEN CHAN

TEL 650 6955

20,21,28 AND 29

WPCO, CASE 9 AND 10

MR MURRAY LUO

TEL 835 1134

HOWEVER, ENQUIRIES ON GENERAL, MATTERS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE DEPARTMENT'S MEDIA RELATIONS SECTION.

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RENOVATION WORK MUST BE SAFE

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CONTRACTORS OF RENOVATION WORK HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THEIR WORKERS' SAFETY WHEN HANDLING INFLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES AND DANGEROUS GOODS, DEPUTY CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR, MR KAN HON-SANG, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

MR KAN SAID CONTRACTORS MUST TAKE ALL NECESSARY SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, INCLUDING THE PROPER LABELLING OF THE CONTAINERS OF INFLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES AND DANGEROUS GOODS, AND THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, TRAINING AND SUPERVISION OF THE WORKERS IN CARRYING OUT THESE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.

"IN ADDITION, CONTRACTORS, LIKE ANY OTHER EMPLOYERS, ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO ADOPT A SAFE SYSTEM OF WORK, HE STRESSED.

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MR KAN MADE THE APPEAL FOLLOWING TWO RECENT MAJOR FIRES IN BUILDINGS UNDER RENOVATION. IN ONE CASE, TWO WORKERS WERE KILLED.

IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, TWO WORKERS DIED AND 75 WERE INJURED IN FIRES ON PREMISES UNDER RENOVATION.

"CONTRACTORS SHOULD MAKE A GREATER EFFORT IN ENSURING THE SAFETY OF WORKERS OPERATING IN THESE PREMISES, MR KAN SAID.

MAY

"FAILURE то TAKE THE NECESSARY SAFETY PRECAUTIONS CONSTITUTE AN OFFENCE UNDER THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES) REGULATIONS, THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS AND THE GENERAL DUTY PROVISIONS OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE, HE POINTED OUT.

/ON CONVICTION,