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FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1994

MEETINGS OF THE CLG WILL BE HELD AT A QUARTERLY CHAIRED BY DR VICTOR CHA MOU-ZING, WHO IS ALSO A OF THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD.

INTERVAL

AND MEMBER FIRST

NON-OFFICIAL

THE TRADE DEPARTMENT'S CLG IS

OF ITS KIND THAT HAS A NON-OFFICIAL CHAIRMAN.

SPEAKING AT THE SAME OCCASION, DR CHA SAID

UNDERSTANDING THE NEED OF HIMSELF, HE KNEW THAT DETERMINING FACTOR OF SUCCESS.

AS A MANUFACTURER CUSTOMERS WAS A

REFLECT THE HE BELIEVED THAT THE NEWLY FORMED CLG COULD

THEREFORE SERVICES AND OF USERS OF TRADE DEPARTMENT'S MAJOR IMPROVE THE DEPARTMENT'S EFFICIENCY THROUGH REINFORCING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT AND ITS CLIENTS.

VIEW HELPED THE

PHASE OF MR MILLER ALSO ANNOUNCED THE LAUNCHING OF THE SECOND PLEDGE THE DEPARTMENT'S PERFORMANCE

WHICH INCLUDE REDUCED WAITING

TIME FOR A NUMBER OF

AND DECLARED A

ENQUIRY MULTI-MEDIA

SYSTEM OPERATIONAL.

THE

SERVICES

MILLION-WORTH $0.29

SYSTEM

EMPLOYS

THE

COMPUTERISED TOUCH-SCREEN TECHNOLOGY WHICH HELPS TRADERS OBTAIN INFORMATION OF DEPARTMENT'S SERVICES WITHIN SECONDS.

RENOVATED A NEWLY

OPENED TODAY AS ONE FACILITIES.

OF

THE

INFORMATION MEASURES

COUNTER WAS ALSO OFFICIALLY TO IMPROVE

CUSTOMER-ORIENTED

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WIDER WORK SAFETY PROTECTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

THE PASSAGE OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY } (AMENDMENT) (NO. REGULATION 1994 IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WILL BRING WIDER WORK SAFETY PROTECTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

2)

THE REGULATION, WHICH WAS GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY), SEEKS TO PROHIBIT UNTRAINED YOUNG PERSONS UNDER 18 FROM WORKING ON CONSTRUCTION SITES.

SPEAKING AT A MEDIA SESSION THIS MORNING, AN ASSISTANT

COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR MAK SAI-YIU, SAID THERE WERE ALREADY SAFETY AND HEALTH LAWS PROVIDING FOR SOME FORM OF RESTRICTION ON UNDERAGE YOUNG PEOPLE DOING HAZARDOUS WORK.

"THE NEWLY PASSED AMENDMENT REGULATION WILL GIVE WIDER AND ADDITIONAL PROTECTION TO YOUNG WORKERS AS THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO WORK ON CONSTRUCTION SITES STARTING FROM JUNE 22.

"HOWEVER, YOUNG PERSONS UNDER 18 WHO ARE RECEIVING OR HAVE RECEIVED APPROPRIATE TRAINING WOULD STILL BE ALLOWED TO WORK ON CONSTRUCTION SITES, HE SAID.

PUBLIC OF AND

MR MAK SAID THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WOULD INFORM THE THE AMENDMENT REGULATION THROUGH RADIO BROADCASTS, PRESS RELEASES BRIEFINGS FOR SCHOOL LEAVERS AND SUMMER JOB-SEEKERS.

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