\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n4.\u00a0We must protect ourselves, our loved ones, and our fellow workers at the workplace. This goes beyond hand and finger injuries, but also in the prevention of the formation of new virus clusters and its potential spread at the workplaces. This is the objective of the WSH Council and its tripartite partners, especially during this period as we support the nation\u2019s fight against COVID-19, and I believe many of you share the same goals too.
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5.\u00a0Even after the circuit breaker is lifted, we must not let our guard down. We must be mindful in preventing the re-emergence of more cases. Hence, I encourage all employers to adopt the Safe Management Measures as advised by the Ministry of Manpower. These include reducing physical interaction as much as possible, such as telecommuting and hosting virtual meetings by default instead of physical meetings, even between colleagues at the workplace. For those of whose job functions cannot be carried out remotely, such as those in the frontline operations and fieldwork, please ensure that your workers wear a mask, and that there are staggered work and break hours in place to minimise physical contact among your workers. As far as possible, implement split or shift team arrangements, and monitor individual movements within the workplace to support contact tracing.
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6.\u00a0To help companies implement these measures, the WSH Council has a variety of materials available in the form of simple infographics and pictograms. These include items such as basic rules for safe distancing, and basic rules for workplace hygiene. They are accessible via the Council\u2019s website, and more will be made available in the coming months ahead. Do make use of them to keep your employees updated on the latest advisories.
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7.\u00a0At the same time, we must not forget the importance of preventing hand and finger injuries, which can also have significant impact on the livelihoods of our workers. As such, the WSH Council has also put together a set of Safe Hands kits available online for the manufacturing industry, specifically for the metalworking, food and beverages manufacturing, and woodworking. These kits include relevant materials, such as photo libraries for machine safety, guides on safe operations of machines, and repositories of case studies for each subsector. We urge employers to tap on the Council\u2019s resources to equip and educate your employees, even after the crisis is over.<\/p>\n
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8.\u00a0Today, I am glad to share that we have managed to garner more than 90 companies pledging towards the Safe Hands Campaign. These pledges represent the dedication the manufacturing industry has towards ensuring a safer and healthy workforce in Singapore. We would like to encourage more to do so in the coming months ahead.<\/p>\n
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Conclusion<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
9.\u00a0Once again, let us\u00a0take time to take care\u00a0<\/strong>of our safety and health, not just during this pandemic period but also post COVID-19. Continue to look out for one another as we overcome this challenging crisis together as one Singapore United. I am confident that we will emerge stronger and better prepared against new waves of infectious diseases, and what better way to start than with our hands. Together we can overcome!
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19 May 2020
Speeches
OPENING REMARKS BY MR DOUGLAS FOO, CHAIRMAN OF THE WSH COUNCIL (MANUFACTURING) COMMITTEE AT THESAFE HANDS CAMPAIGN 2020 ON MONDAY 19 MAY 2020 \u00a0 Fellow friends, colleagues, and industry partners,\u00a0 1.\u00a0Good afternoon. Welcome to the launch of the Safe Hands Campaign 2020 and I am glad to join all of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"dipi_cpt_category":[],"class_list":["post-368207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speeches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/able-alert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/able-alert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/able-alert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/able-alert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/able-alert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/able-alert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368207\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/able-alert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/able-alert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/able-alert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368207"},{"taxonomy":"dipi_cpt_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/able-alert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dipi_cpt_category?post=368207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}