FACTORIES AND SHIPBUILDING AND REPAIRING, AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES (Registrations, accidents, inspections and contraventions, 1977 and January 1978)

Mr Ivan Baptist asked the Minister for Labour (a) the number of registered factories, by industry, for every month in 1977 and January 1978: (b) the number of accidents, permanent disabilities and fatalities reported under the Factories Act every month in 1977 and January 1978; (c) the separate monthly breakdown figures in 1977 and January 1978 of accidents, permanent disabilities and fatalities in the shipbuilding and repairing, and construction industries; (d) the number of inspections made on factories monthly in 1977 and in January 1978; (e) the number of contraventions, monthly in 1977 and in January 1978, of the Factories Act and related regulations discovered in the course of inspections on factories; and (f) the separate monthly breakdown figures in 1977 and January 1978 of inspections and contraventions in the shipbuilding and repairing, and construction industries.

Mr Ong Pang Boon: By the end of January 1978, 5,849 factories were registered with the Factory Inspectorate. This is an increase of 3.3% over the total of 5,662 registered factories in January 1977. A breakdown of registered factories by industry is at Appendix A.

A monthly breakdown of industrial accidents for the period January 1977 to January 1978 is at Appendix B. Details of temporary disablement cases, permanent disablement cases, fatal cases and fatalities in the shipbuilding and repairing industry and the construction industry are also shown in the same table.

The monthly figures of inspections and contraventions discovered in the course of inspections from January 1977 to January 1978 are at Appendix C. The breakdown figures of inspections and contraventions for the shipbuilding and repairing industry and the construction industry are also shown in the table.

Appendix A