Hong Kong conference to tackle pneumoconiosis - the single greatest threat to the health and lives of China's workers
22 August 2011中文版见下
Date: 28-29 August 2011.
Start time: 9.30.a.m.
Location: Council Chamber, 8th Floor, Meng Wah Complex, University of Hong Kong.
Language: Mandarin Chinese.
China Labour Bulletin highly recommends a two-day conference at the world-renowned University of Hong Kong on Sunday 28 and Monday 29 August that will examine the deadly lung disease pneumoconiosis, and the devastating impact it has wrought on the lives of more than one million workers in China and their families.
Jointly hosted by The University of Hong Kong's Centre for Chinese Law and the Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims, the conference entitled The Prevention and Relief of Pneumoconiosis will invite medical experts, lawyers, scholars, labour activists and victims of pneumoconiosis, together with the Chinese media, to discuss legal reform and seek the most effective ways to both prevent the disease and assist its victims.
Well-known conference participants will include the occupational disease activist, Zhang Haichao, CCTV journalist Wu Qing, author Zhou Shuheng, labour rights experts Huang Leping and Sun Heng, and the head of the Occupational Health Centre at West China Hospital in Sichuan, Dr Zhu Qishang. They will discuss their personal experiences and outline their ideas on how to tackle what is now a major public health crisis in China.
To register and for more information, please contact Ms.Tina Xie at tinaxie@hku.hk
日期：2011 ，8月28-29日
时间：上午9点半
地点：香港大学明华综合大楼八楼校务会议室
语言：普通话
香港大学将于2011年8月28日与29日举办“尘肺病防治与救助”研讨会，此次会议由港大中国法研究中心主办，香港工伤权益会协办。本会邀请职业病患者、媒体人士、医疗专家、律师、学者、NGO从业者等不同领域人士，共同研究、探讨完善相关法律与制度的可能，寻求尘肺病救济的最佳解决模式。
参会者包括：开胸验肺的工人张海超，央视焦点访谈记者武卿，《中国式民工》作者周述恒，北京义联劳动法援助与研究中心主任黄乐平，川大华西第四医院职业卫生科主任医师朱启上，新工人艺术团负责人孙恒等人，他们研讨会中，会分享各自的经验与观点。
本次研讨会诚邀您的参与，欢迎报道
Date: 28-29 August 2011.
Start time: 9.30.a.m.
Location: Council Chamber, 8th Floor, Meng Wah Complex, University of Hong Kong.
Language: Mandarin Chinese.
China Labour Bulletin highly recommends a two-day conference at the world-renowned University of Hong Kong on Sunday 28 and Monday 29 August that will examine the deadly lung disease pneumoconiosis, and the devastating impact it has wrought on the lives of more than one million workers in China and their families.
Jointly hosted by The University of Hong Kong's Centre for Chinese Law and the Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims, the conference entitled The Prevention and Relief of Pneumoconiosis will invite medical experts, lawyers, scholars, labour activists and victims of pneumoconiosis, together with the Chinese media, to discuss legal reform and seek the most effective ways to both prevent the disease and assist its victims.
Well-known conference participants will include the occupational disease activist, Zhang Haichao, CCTV journalist Wu Qing, author Zhou Shuheng, labour rights experts Huang Leping and Sun Heng, and the head of the Occupational Health Centre at West China Hospital in Sichuan, Dr Zhu Qishang. They will discuss their personal experiences and outline their ideas on how to tackle what is now a major public health crisis in China.
To register and for more information, please contact Ms.Tina Xie at tinaxie@hku.hk
日期：2011 ，8月28-29日
时间：上午9点半
地点：香港大学明华综合大楼八楼校务会议室
语言：普通话
香港大学将于2011年8月28日与29日举办“尘肺病防治与救助”研讨会，此次会议由港大中国法研究中心主办，香港工伤权益会协办。本会邀请职业病患者、媒体人士、医疗专家、律师、学者、NGO从业者等不同领域人士，共同研究、探讨完善相关法律与制度的可能，寻求尘肺病救济的最佳解决模式。
参会者包括：开胸验肺的工人张海超，央视焦点访谈记者武卿，《中国式民工》作者周述恒，北京义联劳动法援助与研究中心主任黄乐平，川大华西第四医院职业卫生科主任医师朱启上，新工人艺术团负责人孙恒等人，他们研讨会中，会分享各自的经验与观点。
本次研讨会诚邀您的参与，欢迎报道