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"It should be your priority to aspire for health
and safety at your workplace to be at the level of advanced countries," the
Prime Minister said when presenting Occupational Health and Safety excellence
awards here Tuesday night.
<P>Abdullah said that as skilled and qualified workers
were the product of investment in education and training, injuries and sickness
of workers due to industrial accidents or deplorable conditions at the workplace
would be a loss to the nation.</P><P>"Therefore, we must always look after
our health and safety," he said, adding that a lot of people did not value
their health until they lost it because of an accident or sickness.</P><P>"It’s
only when one loses a leg because of an accident that one realises its value,"
he said.</P><P>Excessive smoke emitted at factories could affect workers’ health,
he said, adding that fire safety equipment such as extinguishers also ought to
be in serviceable condition.</P><P>To be highly competitive and able to meet the
challenges of the global economy, he said Malaysia must have healthy workers who
were highly skilled to propel their industries to greater heights. — BERNAMA</P><P><I>Source:
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=245487</I>
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