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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16. 1992.

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WORK ACCIDENTS IDENTIFIED EFFECTIVELY

THE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM USED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS ENABLED IT ΤΟ IDENTIFY ANY GROWING TREND IN PARTICULAR TYPES OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS AND TO FOCUS ENFORCEMENT AND PREVENTION WORK ACCORDINGLY.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND

MANPOWER, MISS CHRISTINE CHOW, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY

(WEDNESDAY).

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LAU CHIN-SHEK. MISS CHOW SAID THE SYSTEM USED IN COMPILING INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS STATISTICS LARGELY FOLLOWED THE INTERNATIONAL

ORGANISATION'S RECOMMENDATION ON THE METHOD OF CLASSIFICATION OF CAUSES OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS.

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ACCORDING TO STATISTICS FOR THE LATE 1980'S PUBLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT, ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY MACHINERY WAS A MAJOR AREA OF

LABOUR CONCERN.

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"AS A RESULT, MACHINERY SAFETY WAS TARGETED FOR SPECIAL ATTENTION DURING FACTORY INSPECTIONS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS,' MISS CHOW SAID, ADDING THAT THE NUMBER OF MACHINERY RELATED ACCIDENTS DROPPED BY 26.5 PER CENT FROM 8,237 IN 1990 TO 6,013 LAST YEAR.

MORE RECENT ACCIDENT STATISTICS HAVE INDICATED A HIGH INCIDENCE OF ACCIDENTS INVOLVING "FALL OF PERSONS",

MISS CHOW SAID THIS WOULD BECOME ONE OF THE PRIORITY AREAS IN YEAR'S ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROGRAMME AND NEW INITIATIVES WERE BEING WORKED OUT.

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AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE "DROPPED OUT" OF SCHOOL INITIALLY TO CONTINUE WITH THEIR EDUCATION, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MISS CHRISTINE CHOW, SAID.

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THESE INCLUDE ENROLMENT IN PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, PRACTICAL SCHOOLS, SKILLS OPPORTUNITY SCHOOLS, APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING SCHEMES AND COURSES OFFERED BY THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL, SHE ADDED.

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. MRS SELINA CHOW IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), MISS CHOW SAID 5.574 CHILDREN BELOW THE AGE OF 15 "DROPPED OUT" FROM SCHOOL IN THE 1991/92 SCHOOL YEAR.

THIS COMPARES WITH 3,379 CHILDREN "DROPPED OUT" FROM SCHOOL FAR IN THE 1992/93 SCHOOL YEAR.

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OF THE 1991/92 DROP-OUTS, 2,080 EITHER EMIGRATED OR LEFT HONG KONG FOR STUDIES ABROAD: 1,181 REACHED THE AGE OF 15 SHORTLY THEIR NON-ATTENDANCE WAS IDENTIFIED; AND 623 WERE SUBSEQUENTLY IN AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.

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