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1 562 such courses. The council also designed in-house courses for organisations and companies and introduced a 'Combined Card for Mandatory Safety Courses' that enables trainees to access with one card information on all the courses they had completed. It joined forces with the Agency for Volunteer Service to train volunteer workers for the Hong Kong East Asian Games.
To facilitate the development of occupational rehabilitation services in Hong Kong, the council worked with the National Institute of Disability Management and Research of Canada to train Hong Kong people to carry out occupational rehabilitation services and to attain internationally recognised qualifications to do the job.
During the year, the council organised a series of campaigns in collaboration with the Labour Department, district councils, stakeholders like owners' corporations and mutual aid committees to remind owners and small contractors about the importance of work safety in carrying out repairs and renovation work. The promotions culminated in the creation of a safety charter which bears the signatures of the industry's stakeholders.
Partnering with trade unions and related organisations, the council launched a campaign in May on 'Workplace Protection against Influenza' to help healthcare workers and cleaners who are more at risk of contracting diseases such as influenza to better protect themselves.
To mark the International Labour Organisation's World Safety Day on April 28, the council launched an Occupational Safety and Health Best Employees Award to honour employees who made valuable contributions to workplace safety.
The council organised safety training courses and produced publications in different languages for ethnic minority groups to give them more information about work safety. To promote safety culture at community level, the council launched in 1999 the Safe Community Programme promoted by the World Health Organisation. With Sai Kung accredited as an International Safe Community this year, seven out of the 18 districts in Hong Kong have been designated international safe communities.
The council continued running various sponsorship schemes to provide small and medium sized enterprises with technical advice and financial support to improve their safety practices.
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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