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Safety officers play important role
A steering group chaired by the Secretary for Education and Manpower is conducting a comprehensive review on industrial safety in Hong Kong as an indication of the Government's commitment to raise the standards of safety and health at work.
This was revealed today (Tuesday) by the Commissioner for Labour, Mr Stephen Ip, at the presentation ceremony of the 1995 Safety Officers of the Year Award Scheme.
The steering group will complete the review and publish a public consultation paper in July.
The Award Scheme, aimed at commending outstanding safety officers for their good work in improving industrial safety and health. It also encouraged them to make.continuous efforts to make Hong Kong a safer working place.
Mr Ip said safety officers played a very important role in formulating and implementing a positive safety policy in the organisations they served.
"They have to advise their employers on measures necessary to ensure that the workplace is safe and a safe system of work is in place.
"To this end, they have to perform safety inspections to identify areas for improvement and carry out safety audits to ensure that the required safety and health standards are met.
"However, to be successful, they have to help build up a safety culture at all levels, from the managerial staff down to the workers on the work sites. Surely, this is not an easy job, but it is challenging and rewarding," Mr Ip said.
Seventeen nominations were received for this year's Award Scheme and the five winners are:
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