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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1992

GREEN HAS BEEN AREA OF AROUND 50 "DAU CHUNG

H

AT PRESENT, THE FARM LAND RENTED BY PRODUCE EXTENDED TO MA MEI HA WITH A TOTAL (ABOUT 3.2 HECTARES).

"IT

IS MOST ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT THEY HAVE ACHIEVED SUCH GOOD RESULT WITHIN ONLY SEVERAL YEARS," HE ADDED.

A

WORK AT THE DR LEE TOOK THE LEAD TO PERFORM THE HARVESTING

CHAIRMAN OF FARM. JOINING HIM WERE OTHER GREEN LOVERS INCLUDING THE

NAI KEUNG; MANAGING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PRODUCE GREEN, MR LAU

CHAU; AS DIRECTOR, MR ALBERT CHEUNG CHI-PIU AND DIRECTOR, MR SIMON WELL AS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM OXFAM.

THE HARVESTED RICE WAS PRESENTED TO OXFAM FOR RAISING FUNDS FOR NEEDY PEOPLE IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES.

DEMOLITION CONTRACTORS MUST HAVE SAFE WORK PLANS

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*

DEMOLITION

CONTRACTORS

ARE

REMINDED

OF THEIR

OBLIGATION TO DEVISE AND ADOPT A SAFE SYSTEM OF WORK TO GUARD AGAINST POSSIBLE DANGERS.

STATUTORY WORKERS

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"A SAFE SYSTEM OF WORK IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IF OF A VACATED BUILDING HAS BEEN DELAYED OVER A PROTRACTED TIME, CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR, MR CHAN TAT-KING, SAID.

DEMOLITION PERIOD OF

SUPPORTING

OF

THIS IS BECAUSE THE SHORINGS, SCAFFOLDS AND OTHER STRUCTURES MAY NOT BE AS STRONG AS THEY WERE FIRST PUT UP BECAUSE EITHER WEATHERING OR HUMAN TAMPERING, MR CHAN SAID.

"THERE ARE

AS CRACKS AND MAINTENANCE, EXCESSIVE MOISTURE AND CHANGING TEMPERATURES,

HE SAID. AFTER HOSTILE TYPHOONS OR HEAVY RAINS,

USUALLY SERIOUS DANGERS ON THESE

CONCRETE RESULTING SPALLING

BUILDINGS, SUCH FROM LACK

BSPECIALLY

OF

RE-CONNECTIONS OF

MOREOVER, THERE MAY BE DANGEROUS, ILLEGAL

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, HE ADDED.

RE-ASSESSED

THOROUGHLY THE BUILDING SITE MUST BE "THEREFORE, FOR ANY HIDDEN DANGER BY A COMPETENT PERSON, AND A SAFETY WORK PLAN BE DEVISED, BEFORE DEMOLITION WORK BEGINS," MR CHAN SAID.

PRESENCE OF ADD-ON

**THE ASSESSMENT SHOULD INCLUDE CHECK-UP FOR THE ASBESTOS IN THE INSULATION MATERIALS OF BOTH THE BUILDING AND STRUCTURES, HE SAID.

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MR CHAN SAID IT WAS

THE

EAR

DUTY OF THE EMPLOYERS TO PROVIDE SUITABLE SAFETY EQUIPMENT, SUCH AS SAFETY HELMETS, DUST MASKS AND PROTECTORS, FOR WORKERS.

"IF WORKERS