XN000022-1994-01-31 — Page 6

IT

GOODS.

5

MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1994

CAN BE USED AS GODOWNS, EXCLUDING STORAGE OF DANGEROUS

THE

DEVELOPER HAS TO COMPLETE A GROSS FLOOR AREA OF NOT LESS THAN 12,000 SQUARE METRES BEFORE MARCH 31, 1997.

THE AUCTION WAS HELD IN THE CONCERT HALL OF THE HONG KONG CULTURAL CENTRE, TSIM SHA TSUI, AND WAS CONDUCTED BY GOVERNMENT LAND AGENT, MR LEUNG LOK-YIU.

GONDOLA FIRE UNDER INVESTIGATION

IN RESPONSE TO MEDIA ENQUIRIES ON THE TRAGIC FIRE IN WHICH TWO WORKERS WERE KILLED WHILE WORKING ON A GONDOLA OUTSIDE A BUILDING IN YUEN LONG LAST

OF SAID A TEAM SATURDAY, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT FACTORY

STILL LED BY A DIVISIONAL FACTORY INSPECTOR INSPECTORS INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT.

WAS

CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR, MR CHAN TAT-KING, SAID FACTORY

WOULD INSPECTORS

LOOK INTO VARIOUS ASPECTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRAGEDY TO SEE

ANY OFFENCE UNDER IF

SUBSTANCES THE DANGEROUS REGULATION AND THE GENERAL DUTIES PROVISIONS OF THE FACTORIES INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE (FIUO) HAD BEEN COMMITTED.

AND

USED HE POINTED OUT THAT WHENEVER INFLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES WERE

SHOULD BE BY THE PROPRIETOR OF AN INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKING, ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS OUTLINED IN THE REGULATION.

THE DUTIES OF THE PROPRIETOR UNDER THE REGULATION INCLUDE LABELLING OF THE FLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES, PROVISION OF PROPER CONTAINERS, PROVISION

PROTECTIVE TRAINING, OF SAFETY INFORMATION, INSTRUCTIONS, CLOTHING

PRECAUTIONS AND ADOPTION OF THE NECESSARY SAFETY AGAINST MEASURES

OR FIRE OR EXPLOSION IF ANY INFLAMMABLE SUBSTANCE IS IN USE.

INCLUDING EXPLOSIVE

BY NOT "ON THE

CO-OPERATE OTHER HAND, THE EMPLOYEES SHOULD MISUSING OR INTERFERING WITH THE LABFI, FOLLOW THE SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN, AND OBSERVE THE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS INDICATED ON THE LARFL," CHAN SAID.

AN EMPLOYER WHO FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE LEGAL PROVISIONS BE LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF $50,000 WHILE AN EMPLOYEE WILL A MAXIMUM FINE OF $10,000.

MR

WILL

FACE

ON

A

MR CHAN RE-ITERATED THE IMPORTANCE OF FIRE SAFETY WHEN GONDOLA WITH INFLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES, ADDING THAT SHOULD BE

TO A MINIMUM APART FROM KEPT

OBSERVING ALL PRECAUTIONS AS REQUIRED BY LAW.

WORKING THE QUANTITY THE SAFETY

OF PROPRIETORS

"THE GENERAL DUTIES PROVISIONS EXPRESS DUTIES AND PERSONS EMPLOYED IN GENERAL TERM AND SUCK DUTIES ARE APPLICABLE TO ALL TYPES OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES AND SITUATIONS," HE SAID.

ENCOURAGE ROLES

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE PROVISIONS WERE DESIGNED TO PROPRIETORS AND PERSONS EMPLOYED TO TAKE A WIDER VIEW OF THEIR AND RESPONSIBILITIES WITH RESPECT TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK.

/PROPRIETORS CONTRAVENING