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SUNDAY, MARCH 6, 1994

HE SAID UNDER THE NEW ESTIMATES FOR 1994/95, $3.2 BILLION WOULD BE PUT BACK INTO THE TAXPAYERS' POCKETS.

THIS MEANS

THAT ABOUT 420,000 TAXPAYERS OR A TOTAL WILL DROP OUT OF THE TAX NET ENTIRELY MILLION PEOPLE PAYING LESS TAX.

QUARTER OF THE WITH A FURTHER 1.13

TAI PO, IN

ENVIRONMENTAL ON

IMPROVEMENTS

THE QUALITY

MR PO SAID GOVERNMENT HAD COMMITTED $610 MILLION TO UPGRADING THE WATER OF TOLO HARBOUR AND $415 MILLION TO A SEWAGE SYSTEM FOR THE DISTRICT.

PLACEMENTS ON THE WELFARE FRONT, THERE WILL BE 248 ADDITIONAL

AND IN

CARE AND ATTENTION HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY, 50 MORE FOSTER CARE

FOR THE SMALL GROUP HOMES, AS WELL AS AN ADDITIONAL HOME HELP TEAM DISTRICT.

DENTAL CARE SERVICES WILL ALSO BE EXTENDED TO A CLINIC IN PO, MR PO ADDED.

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SPECIAL CAMPAIGN TO ENSURE SITE SAFETY

P

THE

INSPECTORS WILL

A LAUNCH SAFETY ON

FACTORY DEPARTMENT'S LABOUR SPECIAL TASK FORCE PROGRAMME TOMORROW (MONDAY) TO ENSURE CONSTRUCTION SITES THROUGH INTENSIVE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.

WITH POOR AS WORKING AT

THIS

YEAR,

"THE SPECIAL CAMPAIGN, WHICH WILL TARGET ON SITES

RECORD AND HIGH RISK WORK ACTIVITIES, SUCH ACCIDENT HEIGHT, WILL BE CARRIED OUT BETWEEN MARCH AND OCTOBER DEPUTY CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR, MR KAN HON-SANG, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

MAIN

"AS IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SAFETY OF SCAFFOLDS IS ONE OF OUR TARGETS THIS YEAR, FACTORY INSPECTORS WILL EXERCISE GREAT VIGILANCE ON OFFENCES RELATING TO UNSAFE AND SUB-STANDARD SCAFFOLDS.

AND SUCH AS

"WE WILL ALSO CHECK ON THE SAFE USE OF LIFTING APPLIANCES LIFTING GEARS AND THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT SAFETY BELTS AND SAFETY HELMETS, HE ADDED.

FROM PREVIOUS

SIMILAR AND THAT HAD

BEEN

MR KAN POINTED OUT THAT EXPERIENCE EXERCISES HAD PROVED THAT THE OPERATION WAS VERY EFFECTIVE THE NUMBER OF

IN ACCIDENTS

INDUSTRY THE CONSTRUCTION DECLINING IN THE PAST SIX YEARS.

"IN VIEW OF THE HIGH FATALITY FIGURE IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN 1993 FACTORY INSPECTORS WILL NOT HESITATE TO

+ BLATANT OFFENDERS, HE SAID.

PROSECUTE

MR KAN REMINDED CONTRACTORS AND SUB-CONTRACTORS TO COMPLY THEIR STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS AND DUTIES.

WITH

/"OTHERWISE, THEY