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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1992

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THE TAI PO TAU 'D' PUMPING STATION, WHICH ULTIMATELY HOUSES PUMPS WITH A TOTAL INSTALLED CAPACITY OF THREE MILLION CUBIC METRES A DAY, WILL BE THE LARGEST RAW WATER PUMPING STATION IN HONG KONG.

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THE PRESENT CONTRACT INCLUDES THE SUPPLY AND PUMPSETS AND PIPEWORK, FOUR BANDSCREENS

SWITCHGEAR.

INSTALLATION

OF

AND ASSOCIATED

OTHER MAJOR ITEMS INCLUDE FOUR OVERHEAD TRAVELLING GANTRY CRANES, DEWATERING PUMPS AND STATION VENTILATION SYSTEM.

DIRECTOR OF WATER

THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED BY THE ASSISTANT SUPPLIES/CHINA WATER, MR ко CHAN-GOOK AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF MITSUBISHI CORPORATION (HONG KONG) LIMITED.

THE PROJECT CONSULTANT IS BINNIE CONSULTANTS LTD.

TRIPARTITE CO-OPERATION TO ENHANCE WORK SAFETY

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THE GOVERNMENT, EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES MUST WORK TOGETHER PROMOTE SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MRS KATHERINE FOK, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (OSH) WEEK '92, MRS FOK NOTED THAT OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH WAS RECEIVING INCREASING CONCERN IN HONG KONG.

"IT HAS BECOME MORE WIDELY ACCEPTED THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROMOTING A SAFE AND HEALTHY WORKING ENVIRONMENT FALLS NOT ONLY ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE GOVERNMENT, BUT ALSO ON THOSE OF EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES," MRS FOR SAID.

"INDEED. THE GOVERNMENT ALWAYS SUPPORTS AND ENCOURAGES TRIPARTITE CO-OPERATION IN PROMOTING WORK SAFETY AND HEALTH, SHE SAID.

"THIS IS WHY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT JOINS HANDS WITH THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH COUNCIL (OSHC) TO ORGANISE THE SAFETY AND HEALTH WEEK THIS YEAR," MRS FOR SAID, STRESSING THAT SUCH CO- OPERATION WOULD CONTINUE.

SHE NOTED THAT THE SYMPOSIUM ON SAFETY AUDITING, WHICH MARKED THE OPENING OF THIS YEAR'S OSH WEEK, WAS A NEW CONCEPT OF SAFETY MANAGEMENT FOR SOME PEOPLE IN HONG KONG.

"IN VIEW OF THE INCREASING COMPLEXITY OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES AND GROWING DEMAND FOR HAZARD PREVENTION, THERE IS A NEED FOR MORE ACCURATE MEASUREMENT AND BETTER ASSESSMENT OF FORESEEABLE HAZARD AT WORK TO PREVENT INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS AND OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE MORE EFFECTIVELY," SHE SAID.

BEEN

"SAFETY AUDITING, A MODERN TECHNIQUE IN AUDITING THE PERFORMANCE OF A COMPANY'S SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAMME, HAS PRACTISED IN SOME DEVELOPED COUNTRIES FOR MANY YEARS," MRS FOK SAID.

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