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ON

FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1993

LAST MONTH

DECEMBER 1992

NOVEMBER

INCREASE

HK$ MN.

1992 HK$ MN.

HK$ MN.

%%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

21,658

20,327

1,332

6.6

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(25.2%)

(24.3%)

RE-EXPORTS

64,284

63,305

978

1.5

TOTAL EXPORTS

85,942

83,632

2,310

2.8

IMPORTS

90,232

85,107

5,124

6.0

TRADE BALANCE

-4,290

- 1,476

-2,814

JAN 92 TO

JAN 91 TO

INCREASE

LAST 12 MONTHS

DEC 92

HK$ MN.

DEC 91 HK$ MN,

HK$ MN.

%%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

234,123

231,045

3,078

1.3

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS}

(25.3%)

(30.2%)

RE-EXPORTS

690,829

534,841

155,989

29.2

TOTAL EXPORTS

924,953

765,886

159,067

20.8

IMPORTS

955,295

778,982

176,313

22.6

TRADE BALANCE

-30,342

-13,096

-17,246

THE

A

GUIDELINES TO ASSESS CHEMICAL HAZARDS IN

WORKING ENVIRONMENT PUBLISHED

* * * * *

IN

BOOKLET CONTAINING GUIDELINES TO ASSESS CHEMICAL HAZARDS WORKING ENVIRONMENT HAS BEEN RECENTLY PUBLISHED BY THE LABOUR

DEPARTMENT.

THE BOOKLET AIMS TO HELP OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTITIONERS, EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES IN DESIGNING DEVICES OR TO TAKE APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO PROTECT WORKERS.

**AS MORE AND MORE CHEMICALS ARE BRING USED IN INDUSTRY NOWADAYS, THEY MAY BECOME AIRBORNE IN THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND CAUSE DIFFERENT KINDS OF ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS ON WORKERS, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH CONSULTANT OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, DR S Y SAID AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (FRIDAY).

** EXPOSURES OF WORKERS TO THESE AIRBORNE CHEMICAL SHOULD BE KEPT AS LOW AS POSSIBLE SO THAT MOST WORKERS ARE FROM THE ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS ARISING FROM THEIR REPEATED DAY AFTER DAY," HE SAID.

П

CHAN,

SUBSTANCES PROTECTED EXPOSURE

DR CHAN SAID THE BOOKLET - "A REFERENCE NOTE ON OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS FOR CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES IN THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT" PROVIDED A REFERENCE IN THE FORM OF OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS (OELS) TO DETERMINE THE ADEQUACY OF THE CONTROL MEASURES TAKEN SOME CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES WHICH ARE COMMONLY FOUND IN INDUSTRY.

FOR

/"THE OELS

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