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A safety culture index and safe work behaviour were widely publicised in the council's Safety and Health Improvement Partnership Scheme to enhance OSH performance in Hong Kong. In June 2007, the council launched its first seminar to promote corporate social responsibility in OSH.
To further hammer the OSH message across to the public, the council published the fourth safety tool book, 500 Questions on OSH, which is sold in bookstores in Hong Kong and Macao. The council also organised the 4th 'Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Safety Quiz' show which strengthened cooperation among cities in the region and facilitated the exchange of views on OSH practices.
As an affiliate safe community support centre of the World Health Organisation, the council continues to promote OSH at the community level. The council drew up guidelines for the accreditation schemes of the 'Safe and Healthy Estates', 'Safe and Healthy Schools' and 'Safe and Healthy Residential Care Homes' to help local communities to implement OSH improvement programmes in a systematic manner.
The council continues to provide small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with technical advice and financial support by strengthening the SME Sponsorship Schemes. In addition to the five sponsorship schemes currently in place for various trades and industries, new schemes to providing first aid boxes, cut-free gloves and non-slippery shoes for the catering industry were introduced.
Websites
Labour and Welfare Bureau: www.lwb.gov.hk
Education Bureau: www.edb.gov.hk
Security Bureau: www.sb.gov.hk
Labour Department: www.labour.gov.hk
Occupational Safety and Health Council: www.oshc.org.hk
Immigration Department: www.immd.gov.hk
Employees Retraining Board: www.erb.org
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