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TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1993

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CORPORATION WILL REINSTATE CONCESSIONS WITH EFFECT FROM SEPTEMBER 1 IF DEMAND ON NATHAN ROAD CORRIDOR IS EXPECTED TOLERABLE LEVEL OF 77,500 PASSENGERS PER

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CHILD/STUDENT THE REVIEW SHOWS THAT ΤΟ REMAIN WITHIN THE HOUR PER DIRECTION.

HOWEVER, IF THE DEMAND IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED THE TOLERABLE LIMITS ON A LONG-TERM BASIS, THE CHILD/STUDENT CONCESSION WILL BE WITHDRAWN PERMANENTLY.

IN SUCH EVENT, AFFECTED STUDENTS MAKING CROSS-HARBOUR JOURNEYS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH $500 WORTH OF VOUCHERS GOOD FOR BUYING CHILD/STUDENT STORED-VALUE TICKETS. STUDENTS MAKING NON CROSS-HARBOUR JOURNEYS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH $300 WORTH OF VOUCHERS.

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WORKPLACE SAFETY URGED

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EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS ARE URGED TO CONTINUE THEIR ENSURING SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE, LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR, MR CHAN TAT-KING, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

COMMENTING ON THE DROP IN THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS RECORDED IN INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS OTHER THAN THE CATERING INDUSTRY IN 1992 AS COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS YEAR, MR CHAN POINTED OUT THAT MOST OF THE ACCIDENTS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF BOTH PARTIES WERE MORE SAFETY- CONSCIOUS.

ACCORDING TO THE STATISTICS RELEASED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, 40,205 INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS WITH 64 FATALITIES WERE RECORDED IN THE MANUFACTURING, CONSTRUCTION AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS OTHER THAN THE CATERING INDUSTRY LAST YEAR, REPRESENTING A DROP OF 17.1 PER CENT FROM THE 48,498 ACCIDENTS WITH 71 FATALITIES IN 1991.

"THERE WERE 16,313 ACCIDENTS WITH EIGHT FATALITIES TN THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, REPRESENTING A 17.6 PER CENT DROP FROM THE 19,800 ACCIDENTS AND EIGHT FATALITIES IN 1991," MR CHAN SAID, IN A PRESS CONFERENCE.

A DROP OF 9.1 PER CENT WAS SHOWN IN THE ACCIDENTS IN THE MINING AND QUARRYING, UTILITIES, TRANSPORT AND SERVICING INDUSTRIES.

"ALTHOUGH THE SITUATION HAS IMPROVED IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AS SHOWN BY A 18.6 PER CENT DROP IN ACCIDENTS, IT REMAINS THE MOST DANGEROUS TRADE IN HONG KONG, MR CHAN SAID.

++ WITH 18,815 ACCIDENTS AND 48 FATALITIES, THE INDUSTRY STILL ACCOUNTED FOR ABOUT HALF OF ALL WORK INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS OTHER THAN CATERING, HE ADDED.

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MR CHAN POINTED OUT THAT THE MAJOR CAUSES OF THE ACCIDENTS WERE GENERALLY SIMILAR TO THOSE IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

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