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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1993

THERE ARE STATUTORY SAFETY REQUIREMENTS GOVERNING THE USE MAINTENANCE OF LIFTING APPLIANCES, INCLUDING GONDOLAS, HE SAID.

"ALL CONTRACTORS SHOULD STRICTLY OBSERVE THE SAFETY RULES THEY USE GONDOLAS IN THEIR PROJECTS."

AND

WHEN

HE SAID THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BRINGING IN A MORE SPECIFIC PIECE OF LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE THE SAFE MAINTENANCE OF ALL SUSPENDED WORKING PLATFORMS, INCLUDING GONDOLAS.

USE AND

SERIOUSLY OBSERVE CONTRACTORS SHOULD

MR CHAN ALSO APPEALED TO ALL WORKERS то SAFETY MEASURES WHEN THEY NEED TO WORK AT HEIGHT. ALSO EXERCISE PROPER SUPERVISION WHEN THE JOB IS IN PROGRESS.

"A SIMPLE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE WILL HELP A WORKER SAVE HIS OWN LIFE, HE SAID.

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RECORD NUMBER OF VM'S RETURNED

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A RECORD NUMBER OF 1,662 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS (VM'S) RETURNED TO VIETNAM THIS MONTH UNDER THE UNITED NATIONS REPATRIATION PROGRAMME.

A GROUP OF 268 VM'S RETURNED то VIETNAM TODAY BRINGING TO 34,592, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VM'S WHO VOLUNTARILY SINCE THE LAUNCH OF THE PROGRAMME IN MARCH 1989. HAVE

HAVE VOLUNTARY

(FRIDAY), RETURNED

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RETURNEES NOW EXCEEDS THE NUMBER OF REMAINING IN THE CAMPS.

THE REFUGEE CO-ORDINATOR, MR BRIAN BRESNIHAN WELCOMED SIGNIFICANT UPTURN IN THE VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME.

"IT IS INDEED GOOD NEWS. AFTER A POOR ᏚᎢᎪᎡᎢ . THE REPATRIATION PROGRAMME HAS PICKED UP AND IT LOOKS AS IF VM'S WILL RETURN HOME THIS YEAR, MR BRESNIHAN SAID.

+

MR

VM'S

THE

VOLUNTARY 12,000

ABOUT

NOTING THAT ONLY 55 VM'S HAD ARRIVED IN HONG KONG THIS YEAR, BRESNIHAN SAID IF THE CURRENT ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE TRENDS CONTINUED, THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE IN A POSITION TO CLOSE ALL IN EARLY 1996,

CAMPS

THE VIETNAMESE MIGRANT POPULATION IN HONG KONG CAMPS STANDS AT 33,344, THE LOWEST FIGURE SINCE MAY 1989.

NOW

THE GROUP REPATRIATED TODAY COMPRISED 89 MEN, 66 WOMEN, 61 BOYS AND 52 GIRLS, THEY WERE THE 173TH BATCH TO BE RETURNED UNDER PROGRAMME.

THE

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