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SUNDAY, JULY 3, 1994

PLEA ON SAFETY OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL PRODUCTS

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USE

OF

PROPER AVOID AND MECHANICAL,

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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THE

PRODUCTS

MACHINERY AND MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL ACCIDENTS, THE ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ELECTRICAL SERVICES, MR TONG KIN-WAH, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

THE

APPEAL WHEN

AT

THE

OPENING HONG

MR TONG MADE

OFFICIATING CEREMONY OF THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SAFETY CARNIVAL AT THE KONG CULTURAL CENTRE PLAZA THIS AFTERNOON.

THE CARNIVAL

WAS ORGANISED BY THE

ELECTRICAL

AND

MECHANICAL

INDUSTRY SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE.

MR TONG

NOTED

THAT

WHILE

ALL ENJOYING

THE

BENEFITS

AND

AND

CONVENIENCE BROUGHT ABOUT BY ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL. MACHINERY PRODUCTS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, HOWEVER, SHOULD NOT OVERLOOK THE FACT MANUFACTURED, COULD THAT THE PRODUCTS, IF NOT PROPERLY DESIGNED OR POSE DANGERS TO THE USERS.

"IN ORDER TO SAFEGUARD THE WORKFORCE AND THE PUBLIC AGAINST THE INSTALLATIONS DANGERS RESULTING FROM UNSAFE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL AND PRODUCTS, THE GOVERNMENT HAS ESTABLISHED BY MEANS OF LEGISLATION A NUMBER OF

STANDARDS FOR THE ESSENTIAL CONCERNED TO FOLLOW, HE SAID.

MR

יז

SAFETY

RULES AND

ADDED

THAT IN RESPONSE TO

PARTIES

AND TONG

EXPECTATIONS PUBLIC

REVIEWED THE ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY, THE GOVERNMENT ALSO REGULARLY

OF CURRENT LEGISLATION AND PREPARED NEW PROVISIONS TO MEET THE DEMAND THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT.

"

"IN THIS RESPECT, SEVERAL SUBSTANTIAL PIECES OF NEW LEGISLATION BROUGHT ARE BEING PREPARED BY MY DEPARTMENT AND SOME OF THEM WILL BE INTO EFFECT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, HE SAID.

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THESE INCLUDE THE PLUGS AND ADAPTORS (SAFETY) REGULATIONS, WHICH WILL BE ENACTED LATER THIS YEAR AND BROUGHT INTO EFFECT AFTER

GRACE SIX-MONTH

PERIOD, AND THE ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS (SAFETY) REGULATIONS, WHICH ARE SCHEDULED TO BE ENACTED IN MID-1995 AND BROUGHT INTO EFFECT IN 1996.

ORDINANCE

MEANWHILE, MR TONG SAID THE AMUSEMENT RIDES (SAFETY) AND ITS SUBSIDIARY REGULATIONS WILL ALSO BE ENACTED LATER THIS YEAR.

"THIS

AIMS TO ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE ORDINANCE AMUSEMENT RIDES

OPERATION AND PROVIDE CONTROL OVER THE DESIGN, MAINTENANCE OF THE RIDES.

USE

OF

AND

"FURTHERMORE, LIFTS BUILDER'S

AND TOWER WORKING PLATFORMS WILL PROVIDE A MORE SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR WORKERS SITES, HE SAID.

"I

IN 1995 THE

LEGISLATION

ON

THE BE INTRODUCED

SAFETY

OF

ΤΟ

ON CONSTRUCTION

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