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HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL —15 March 1989 香港立法局 一九八九年三月十五日

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Working Group on Toy Safety has recently recommended that legislation should be introduced to adopt certain international standards on toy safety. I understand that this recommendation has been accepted, in principle, by the Secretary for Trade and Industry and the working group is now examining which international standards should be adopted. A separate Working Group on Product Safety is now examining whether legislation is required to control unsafe or dangerous products which are not already covered by specific legislation such as the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance.

Recreational activities, such as sports, play an important part in a child's upbringing. Detailed design and construction standards therefore cover facilities such as swimming pools, sports grounds, indoor games halls, and so on. The Urban and Regional Councils, which operate these facilities, employ qualified staff and provide them with full training on safety aspects and on how to deal with emergency situations. There are regular announcements on television and radio warning children and parents of the potential dangers involved in outdoor activities such as hiking, swimming and canoeing. The Committee on Safety in Outdoor Pursuits of the Council for Recreation and Sport keeps under constant review matters relating to safety in sport and recreation activities and each year organizes two major publicity campaigns, one on land sports and another on water sports.

There are of course various other legal requirements relating for example to the safety of buildings, but I trust that this reply gives at least a broad impression of the efforts by the Administration, in all areas of young peoples' activities, to promote safety and to help to prevent the occurrence of accidents and injuries.

Oral answer to question

Sale of food items on ferries

8. 林貝聿嘉議員問:政府可否告知本局,如何確保香港小輪集團有限公司在輪船上售賣食物不 會影響船上環境衛生,不會滋擾乘客和污染海港?

運輸司答:主席先生,水上小販條例(香港法例第160章)及規例,釐定對水上小販的發牌及 管理,包括在香港油麻地小輪船公司的渡輪上售賣食物之細則。持牌人必須負責船隻及飲食器皿 的清潔,以及收集和搬走垃圾。同時,持牌人亦要遵守管制酒樓員工的醫療規例。

海事處定期巡視所有渡輪,檢查是否遵守水上小販條例及規例。兩個文康市政部門的衛生督察 如果接獲有關船隻售賣不合衛生食物的投訴,亦會登船視察,並採取適當行動。