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Two years ago the estimated capacity at Kwai Chung was 7.3 million TEUS a year. Thanks to heavy investment in new equipment and new working methods, the terminal operators have increased this to 9.15 million TEUS and are confident that they can expand this to more than 10 million TEUS a year.

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Smoking hazardous to industrial safety

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Workers in factories and catering establishments should not smoke in non- smoking areas in their workplaces as such act could cause fire easily, especially during the dry season.

"Smoking in non-smoking areas is not only dangerous but also a selfish act as it may endanger the safety of both the smoker and his fellow workers," the Chief Factory Inspector of the Labour Department, Mr Chan Tat-king, said today (Monday).

He reminded workers that they had the duty under the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance to co-operate with their employers by adopting safety precautions in workplaces.

Any worker who fails to comply with safety regulations is liable to a maximum fine of $50,000 and imprisonment for six months.

In 1994, eight workers were prosecuted for smoking in non-smoking areas of notifiable workplaces. In the first 10 months of 1995, 11 prosecutions were taken out for the same offence.

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