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MR. TAM (in Cantonese): Sir, after the toxic gas leakage

in Maduchi Industry Company Limited in San Po Kong and→

serious explosion in the Cipel-Marco Limited

various

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actor

in

Kwai Chung, trade unions and the organisations requested

the Government to enact

chemicals in industry.

Undertakings (Dangerous

regulations for the use of The intruduction of the

Factories' and

F

Industrial

is,

Substances) Regulations 1988/has

in fact, the Administration/ response to such

requests.

Regarding these regulations, of course, I hope that they

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an

I do,

can be enacted as quickly as possible.

possible. However,

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However, I do not I do not

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inged

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wish to see

see it rush through the Council without careful

consideration.

The ad hoc group asked the Administration

to amend some obvious loopholes in the regulations.

Finally

make

tox

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These include the deletion The Administration has agreed to some amendments.. would

of a provision which exempted bona fide laboratories from the like to support the passing of such regulations. However,

regulations and the putting up of notices at

am still not totally satisfied!

substances are

any workplaces where

J danjernen in the Administration has

subject to chemical charge. [Sive the Administration has agreed to amend some provisions in the regulations, I would like to support the passage of such regulations. However, le First regarding the

of dangerous substances, the I am still not wholly Administration has proposed 231 such substances to be

those

chemicals

(the

labelled. It is said that the list includes the commonly

used dangerous substances in industry in Hong Kong and the

Administration has also indicated that amendments will be

the question is new

Come

renews

satisfied.

made when necessary. However, the use of chemicals /→

now and then

to the list changing very fast and I am afraid that amendments cannot

keep pace with the changing needs of the industry.

the industry her hand, never be Cepped with development on the

am also

that

over

worried control merely

those

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dangerous

use

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substances on the list might encourage employers to