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Employment

unions to publicise heat stroke prevention measures in construction sites and other outdoor workplaces.

Occupational Health Clinics

The Labour Department provides occupational health services to workers at its occupational health clinics in Kwun Tong and Fanling, and some 12,000 clinical consultations with workers were held in 2013.

Occupational Safety and Health Council (OSHC)

The OSHC promotes occupational safety and health, in Hong Kong through training, promotion, consultancy, research and information services. In 2013, 2,032 courses on occupational safety and health were held, attended by 46,696 trainees.

On construction safety, the OSHC carried out large scale publicity campaigns to promote work- at-height and electrical works safety. There were incentive schemes subsidising enterprises to purchase appropriate mobile working platforms and Lockout Tagout Kit for electrical works. The OSH Star Enterprise - RMAA Safety Accreditation Scheme, launched in 2012, encourages the RMAA ('repair, maintenance, alteration and addition') sector to take practicable safety measures. to improve the work environment to reduce occupational injuries. The Employees' Compensation Insurance Residual Scheme Bureau offers insurance premium discounts to accredited contractors, giving them financial incentives to continuously improve their work safety performance. In 2013, the Housing Authority commissioned the OSHC to conduct safety audits of its building maintenance and improvement works contracts.

Other OSHC initiatives in 2013 included a 'Pilot Scheme on Safety Accreditation for Catering Safety, the '[email protected] Project' (with the Department of Health) and the 'Healthy Living for Professional Driver Campaign' (organised jointly with the Labour Department). In addition, the 21st Quadripartite Conference on Occupational Safety and Health and the 7th Regional Safety Quiz were organised in November.

Websites

Census and Statistics Department: www.censtatd.gov.hk

Education Bureau: www.edb.gov.hk

Employees Retraining Board: www.erb.org

Immigration Department: www.immd.gov.hk

Labour and Welfare Bureau: www.lwb.gov.hk

Labour Department: www.labour.gov.hk

Occupational Safety and Health Council: www.oshc.org.hk Security Bureau: www.sb.gov.hk

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