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SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1993

ATTORNEY GENERAL NOT ON TAIWAN VISIT

IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES ON WHETHER THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS LEADING A DELEGATION ON AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO TAIWAN, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS POINTED OUT TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT NO OFFICIAL DELEGATION FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS 19

VISITING TAIWAN.

"CURRENTLY IN TAIWAN IS A GROUP OF LOCAL CROWN COUNSEL WHO REPRESENT THE LOCAL CROWN COUNSEL ASSOCIATION ON A PRIVATE VISIT THERE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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"THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS IN HONG KONG," HE ADDED.

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CONSTRUCTION SAFETY EXPERTS ATTEND SYMPOSIUM

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TWO EXPERTS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM WILL FLY TO HONG KONG LATER THIS MONTH TO GIVE TALKS

SYMPOSIUM ON SAFETY AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH COUNCIL.

AND

THE

THE HALF-DAY SYMPOSIUM, WHICH WILL BE HELD ON APRIL 19 (MONDAY) BETWEEN 9.30 AM TO 1 PM AT THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE IN WAN CHAI,

IS AIMED AT PROMOTING THE CONCEPT OF MODERN SAFETY MANAGEMENT IN HONG KONG'S CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.

MR DAVID EVES, DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, WILL SPEAK ON SAFETY AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT IN HEAVY BUILDING AND ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

MR RAE STEWARD, SENIOR LECTURER OF THE TRAINING BOARD IN

THE UNITED KINGDOM, WILL GIVE A LECTURE ON THE PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF CONSTRUCTION SAFETY MANAGMENT.

THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE, OPENING ADDRESS AT THE SYMPOSIUM.

WILL DELIVER AN

THERE WILL ALSO BE A 30-MINUTE FORUM FOR THE PARTICIPANTS TO ASK QUESTIONS AND EXCHANGE VIEWS.

ENQUIRIES ON THE SYMPOSIUM CAN BE MADE TO THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT ON THE 13TH FLOOR, HARBOUR BUILDING, 38 PIER ROAD IN CENTRAL, OR BY PHONE ON 852 3562 852 3565.