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As envisaged in the Consultation Paper on the Review of Industrial Safety in Hong Kong published in July 1995, the Occupational Safety and Health Council (OSHC) is to undertake a leading role in the provision and coordination of safety training and the promotion of a safety culture in Hong Kong. The Government is working closely with the Council to map out the programme of activities and budgetary requirements of the Council over the next few years so as to enable the Council to take forward its important task of promoting safety at work in Hong Kong beyond 2000.
The OSHC's expanded programme of activities will cover the following
areas:
Taking over all general safety training responsibility from the Labour Department.
Assuming overall coordination in the provision of safety training in the construction industry by various parties, such as developers and contractors.
Educating small companies to raise their safety awareness.
Providing impetus to award good safety practices at construction sites.
Spearheading research efforts on training and education.
In response to the Government's invitation to take up greater responsibilities on promoting and publicizing occupational safety among employers, employees and the public at large, the OSHC has submitted an Estimate of Income and Expenditure for 1996-97 which provides for The an expanded programme towards achieving these goals. Government has approved the Council's Estimates for 1996-97 at an expenditure of $47.553 million, which represents an increase of some 55.8 per cent over the revised expenditure for 1995-96. The approved Estimates provide for significant increase in expenditure in the following main areas:
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