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Any contractor who allows a worker to remain on a construction site without wearing a safety helmet is liable to a maximum fine of $50,000.
Failure to fence the floor edge, lift shaft openings and working platform on a construction site without reasonable excuse will each incur a maximum fine of $200,000 and imprisonment for one year.
End/Saturday, May 6, 1995
Training course for health workers
The Social Welfare Department (SWD) is inviting serving health workers who have received medical or nursing training outside Hong Kong to apply for a local training course.
The 11-week training course, which is scheduled to start on June 26, aims at improving the quality of service of personnel in residential homes for the elderly, a spokesman for the department said today (Saturday), adding that applications should reach the department on or before May 25.
"Under the Residential Care Homes (Elderly Persons) Regulation, all health workers are required, among other things, to complete training approved by the Director of Social Welfare before being qualified for registration.
"The course helps to improve the quality of service and give due recognition to the profession," the spokesman said.
The training course for health workers is jointly organised by the SWD and the College of Nursing, Hong Kong. A total of 10 training courses have been organised since 1989.
"The course includes basic skills in rendering health care to the elderly, with emphasis on the psychological and physical changes of the elderly," the spokesman said.
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