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The Workplace Safety and Health Committee, chaired by Mr. Lim Boon Khoon, works towards these objectives in partnership with safety professionals, safety organisations, trade unions, and the government to provide education, services and research in occupational safety.
In education, the Council promotes Workplace Safety and Health through means such as organising or co-organising seminars and luncheon talks for employees and employers. The Council is also a founder member of the Asia-Pacific Occupational Safety & Health Organisation (APOSHO). In services, the Council actively promotes Occupational Safety and Health by providing monitoring services for occupational hazards such as noise, chemicals and biological monitoring through the Occupational Safety and Health Unit. The Unit also provides on-site audiometric tests and workers' education to clients.
To keep members abreast with the current safety issues, the Council publishes a quarterly newsletter. It contains informative articles on different safety topics and up to-date news on safety issues around the region. Future plan: As Singapore is maturing into a developed industrialised country, safety and health in the workplace are moving into the independent stage and in some sectors, entering the interdependent stage. The Council aims to organise more activities in the area of behavioural-based safety.
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