Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Asbestos) Regulations Jurisdiction China - Hong Kong Year 1986 Published in English Source Government Printer, Hong Kong, 1991. 5p. Price: HKD 14.00. Serial number L.N.160 of 1986 Descriptors [Primary] Hong Kong, asbestos, dangerous substances [Secondary] amosite, crocidolite, disposal of harmful waste, exhaust ventilation, law, medical examinations, prohibition of use, protective clothing, respirators, storage, tidiness, warning notices, young persons Subject category Chemical safety Abstract Regulations effective 1 Aug. 1986 (updated to 1989) and issued under the authority of the 1955 Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (see CIS 89-6). It concerns the following safety and health precautions to be implemented in workplaces where asbestos processes are used: installation of exhaust ventilation; maintenance of cleanliness of plant and premises; provision of respiratory protective equipment and protective clothing; appropriate storage and distribution of asbestos and asbestos waste (including marking of receptacles in English and Chinese); miscellaneous (prohibition of the employment of young persons, medical examinations of exposed workers, prohibition of spraying of asbestos, prohibition of the use of crocidolite and amosite). CIS No. 93-713 Database ID 60182