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External sources (not reviewed)

To enable the industry to adapt gradually to the registration system, CWRA now plans to commence the prohibition provisions in the Ordinance in 274 two phases, that is, firstly prohibit unregistered workers to carry out construction work on construction sites starting from 1 September this year, and then with effect from 1 June next year, prohibit workers not yet registered as skilled workers or semi-skilled workers for designated trades to undertake work of the trades on construction sites.

For instance, the CoP has introduced new provision that required contractors to assess and confirm that the environmental factors, such as temperature, ventilation, lightings, etc., inside the lift shaft are suitable before commencing works.

LD and OSHC will strengthen the promotion of activities on OSH this year by organising major thematic events to arouse the awareness of stakeholders and various sectors of the community; intensifying the cooperation with industry associations and trade unions to reach out to workers through promotional visits; and updating safety information from time to time to maintain the alertness of workers.

In 2012, the purpose of reactivating folk materials ties me and my jaded stories back to Shanghai, a city neither she nor I is familiar with.

3.2 This policy is applied to all colleagues, including full-time employee, contractor, technician, manual worker, part-time employee, business-related agencies and vendors, as well as suppliers and third-party personnel.

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(2) No officer or employee of First Pacific Bank who becomes an officer or employee of Bank of East Asia by virtue of this Ordinance shall, by virtue only of this Ordinance, be entitled to participate in any pension or provident fund or schemes of or gratuity payments payable by Bank of East Asia, and no existing officer or employee of Bank of East Asia shall, by virtue only of this Ordinance, be entitled to participate in the AIA Retirement Fund Scheme or the BEA (MPF) Master Trust Scheme or any other pension fund scheme of, provident fund scheme of, or gratuity benefits payable by First Pacific Bank.

Specific activities that assisted countries in relation to terrorism targeted at food products included: (a) capacity-building (training courses, projects) concerning food safety, animal and plant health, including promotion of risk analyses and developing base-level capacity to ensure national ability to monitor, diagnose, report and respond to pest and disease outbreaks; (b) the standard setting work of the Codex Alimentarius Commission and the International Plant Protection Convention; (c) the establishment of a Food Chain Crisis Management Framework for prevention, early warning, preparedness and response to food chain crises caused by transboundary animal and plant pests and diseases, food safety threats and emergencies, as well as nuclear and radiological threats and emergencies; and the organization of international forums to discuss biological risk management in relation to food and agriculture.

A host of concrete proposals were suggested to the coordinators of the Dialogue, such as: dialogue and networking among universities; dialogue among young scientists, involving UNESCO chairholders in dialogue activities; dialogue among student journalists and seasoned media practitioners from both regions; the holding of youth forums; reactivation of the Committee for the Translation of Literary Works and increase in the translation of Arabic works into European languages; a comparative study of school textbooks; dialogue involving professionals from cultural industries; the organization of an interregional conference on the image of Arab-Islamic culture in European history books.

Regarding funding support for the arts groups, members in generally considered that the Administration should (a) ensure a reasonable and fair distribution of funding resources amongst arts groups; (b) review the existing mode of subsidy for the major performing arts groups to avoid stifling the development of non-subvented commercial arts groups; (c) provide more funding for the support of small and medium sized arts groups and budding artists; (d) explore means to minimize staffing and administrative expenses in the operation of arts programmes so that the savings could be re-allocated to the use of arts development; (e) examine the effectiveness of the current funding policy in achieving the policy goals, such as encouraging diversified and balanced development of arts and culture; and (f) consider increasing its overall allocation of funding for culture and the arts, given the imminent need to achieve the vision of the West Kowloon Culture District project.

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The net decrease reflects reductions under most objects of expenditure, including $242,800 under consultants, mainly as a consequence of the increased use of in-house expertise, where possible; $104,700 under experts, resulting mainly from concerted efforts to combine meetings or reduce the number of experts and the duration of meetings, whenever possible; $121,200 under travel of staff, mainly attributable to increased utilization of video conferencing, combining trips and/or reducing the duration of travel as much as possible; $460,800 under contractual services, primarily owing to increased utilization of electronic means of disseminating publications; $111,000 under furniture and equipment, reflecting reduced requirements for the replacement of furniture and office equipment resulting from extending the lifespan of furniture and equipment; and $781,600 under grants and contributions, mainly owing to the termination of the contract with the International Computing Centre.