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HE POINTED OUT THAT IN ANY CASE CONTAINERS OF INFLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES SHOULD BE PROPERLY LABELLED WHILE THE WORKERS SHOULD BE TRAINED ON THE BASIC SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AT WORK, INCLUDING FIRE CONTROL.
THERE HAVE BEEN CASES IN WHICH TOILETS AND CORNERS IN FACTORY BUILDINGS ARE USED FOR STORAGE OF LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS CYLINDERS AND LARGE CANS OF INDUSTRIAL SOLVENTS, SUCH AS THINNERS AND KEROSENE.
"THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PRACTICE AS IT WILL LEAD ΤΟ EXPLOSION BECAUSE OF CARELESS SMOKING OR USE OF UNPROTECTED NAKED FLAME IN THE TOILET, MR CHAN SAID.
"IN ANY CASE, TOILETS AND COMMON AREAS IN FACTORY BUILDINGS MUST NOT BE USED FOR STORAGE PURPOSE, ++ HE STRESSED.
"WE WILL PROSECUTE PROPRIETORS WHO DO NOT COMPLY WITH REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE SAFE STORAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS AND INFLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES, HE SAID.
THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR THE OFFENCES IS A FINE OF $30,000.
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES PRAISED FOR AFTERCARE SERVICES
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A FORMER OMELCO MEMBER, SIR OSWALD CHEUNG, TODAY (FRIDAY) PRAISED THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR ACHIEVING SUCCESS ITS AFTERCARE SERVICES.
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SPEAKING AT A PASSING-OUT PARADE FOR 73 ASSISTANT OFFICERS THE DEPARTMENT, SIR OSWALD SAID STATISTICS INDICATED THAT A LARGE MAJORITY OF SUPERVISEES HAD REMAINED FREE FROM CRIME DURING THEIR SUPERVISION PERIOD.
THE DEPARTMENT IS ACTIVELY PURSUING THE EXTENSION OF AFTERCARE SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF ADULT PRISONERS SO AS TO PROVIDE EX-OFFENDERS WITH AN APPROPRIATE FORM OF CONTROL AND HELP AS THEY REINTEGRATE INTO THE COMMUNITY.
SIR OSWALD TOLD THOSE ON PARADE THAT A CAREER WITH THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WAS BY NO MEANS AN EASY ONE.
"OVERCROWDING IN PENAL INSTITUTIONS CAUSED BY THE INFLUX OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS HAS BEEN, AND WILL REMAIN FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR THE DEPARTMENT IN ITS DAILY ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATIONS.
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"ALREADY WE HAVE SEEN AN UPSURGE IN THE CRIME RATE PAST YEARS AND AN INCREASING CRIMINAL SOPHISTICATION MANY OF WHOM ARE RUTHLESS, HE SAID.
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