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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1992

BE FOR INSTANCE, FORKLIFT TRUCKS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO

USED FOR CONTAINER HANDLING UNLESS THEY ARE PROPERLY MAINTAINED AND OPERATED BY A COMPETENT PERSON.

OWNERS ARE REQUIRED TO ENSURE THAT CONTAINERS ARE SAFELY STACKED ON LEVEL AND FIRM GROUND, AND TO TAKE ADEQUATE MEASURES TO PREVENT PEOPLE FALLING FROM CONTAINERS, HE ADDED.

"ALSO, IT IS AN OFFENCE FOR ANY PERSON IN THE TRADE

DO ΤΟ THINGS LIKELY TO ENDANGER OTHER PERSONS WILFULLY AND WITHOUT REASONABLE EXCUSE," MR KAN SAID.

HE NOTED THAT THESE AMENDMENTS HAD BEEN WIDELY PUBLICISED.

AN

NEW PROVISIONS CONTAINER

ADVISORY LETTER HIGHLIGHTING THE AND THE NECESSARY SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WAS SENT TO ALL THE HANDLING ESTABLISHMENTS IN SEPTEMBER.

"WE HOPE THE CAMPAIGN WILL REINFORCE THE SAFETY MESSAGE, HE STRESSED.

"ALTHOUGH THE CAMPAIGN IS EDUCATIONAL IN NATURE, WE WILL NOT HESITATE TO PROSECUTE BLATANT OFFENDERS," HE ADDED.

MR KAN SAID THAT SIMILAR CAMPAIGNS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS HAD RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN THE NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS IN THE TRADE.

"IN

SAID,

LAST PARTICULAR, THERE WAS NO FATAL ACCIDENT ADDING THAT THEY HOPED THE TREND WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE.

YEAR,"

HE

THE MAKING OF AN ETV PRODUCTION

A DAILY TELEVISION AUDIENCE OF MORE THAN HALF A MILLION WATCH A SERIES OF PROGRAMMES, SOME OF WHICH HAVE ALL THE EARMARKS OF A DAVID ATTENBOROUGH WILDLIFE PRODUCTION.

THE CAPTIVE AUDIENCE ARE HONG KONG'S PRIMARY 3 TO SECONDARY 3 STUDENTS AND THE PROGRAMMES WHICH THEY WATCH DAILY ARE PRODUCED BY THE EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL TELEVISION SECTION OF THE RDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

SCHOOL-AGED

CHILDREN

AND THERE MAY BE COUNTLESS MORE PRIMARY WATCHING THESE PROGRAMME AT HOME BEFORE GOING TO SCHOOL IN THE AFTERNOON,

THESE ARE NOT ONE-HOUR DOCUMENTARIES.

THESE ARE PROGRAMMES LASTING FROM 15 TO 20 MINUTES.

/BUT THESE

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