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mandatory health

are health requirements

stipulated.

The Government regularly reviews the situation through communication with the relevant bodies of developed countries. Officers are sent to attend international seminars and conferences with a view to obtaining up-to-date information.

The criteria and exposure limits are subject to regular review Draft or So as to keep pace with the latest technological developments.

and endorsed by the of codes

discussed revision

are of practice. Occupational Safety and Health Council and the Labour Advisory Board where ..employees and employers are fully represented before being finalised.

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Articles 9 & 10

:

In giving advice to management and workers in the prevention of . air pollution inside factories, Occupational

Occupational Hygienists

Hygienists follow the principles laid down under these articles. In the first instance, control at source is

If this is found not feasible, provision of recommended. personal protective equipment will be suggested as a secondary measure.

in the

course

In respect of the Direct Request of the Committee of Experts, the Hong Kong Government would like to report that regulation 33 of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Regulations made under the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance, Chapter 59 requires that in every notifiable workplace, effective and suitable provision shall be made for securing and maintaining by the circulation of fresh air in each workroom or, in

the case of a mine, in each shaft, the adequate ventilation of the room or shaft, and for rendering harmless, so far as practicable, all fumes, dust and other impurities that may be injurious to health generated

of

carried on in the notifiable work any process or workplace. Moreover, the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Confined Spaces) Regulations and the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations made under the same ordinance require employers to supply protective equipment to workers. The former set of regulations requires the proprietor to

condition in a satisfactory provide

keep readily available sufficient supply of approved breathing apparatus for any person entering or remaining in a confined space, unless he has issued a certificate to the effect that a confined space is safe for entry without breathing

apparatus.

The latter set of regulations puts the responsibility on the contractor to take necessary precautions to prevent the inhalation of dust fumes by the workers in construction work which causes dust or fumes to be given off

character and extent likely to be injurious to the

or

and

of

a

a

health of the workers. The contractors are required to provide either adequate ventilation suitable respirators or other effective means to

or

protect the workers.

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