1. CURRENT PERSPECTIVES OF SAFETY & HEALTH AT WORK IN SINGAPORE Dr Magdalene Chan, Singapore

2. Dr Magdalene O Y CHAN Director Kia Tang TAN Deputy Director (Hygiene) Occupational Health Department Harry K C WONG: Deputy Director Occupational Safety Department Occupational Safety & Health Division Ministry of Manpower, Singapore

3. Real per capita GDP growth up 8-fold: S$4,000 (1965) S$32,000 (2002) Workforce: 2.1M Unemployment: 4.2%

4. Improving Health & Safety in Workplaces

5. More working in managerial, professional & technical jobs Changing Workforce Profile

6. The Factories and Other Workplaces Act

7. Self-regulation Industry Ownership Systems approach Regulatory Framework & Philosophy

8. Advisory Committees

9. OSH - Good for Business

10. Safety & Health - A Competitive Advantage Safety & Health - A Competitive Advantage Accidents per million manhours in Shipbuilding and Repair

11. Promoting Behaviour-based Safety

12. Training, Promotion & Incentives Winning Companies ….

13. Seeking cost- effective solutions Occupational Exposure to Toxic Vapors Toxic Gas Dispersion Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics PocketNoise COVES - Collaborative One-Stop Virtual Engineering Services

14. Learning & Sharing on the www…

15. OSH Alerts

17. SUCCEEDING THROUGH PARTNERSHIP

21. Unions govt employers INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION

22. Learning & Sharing Over the Years …

23. Improving occupational safety and health in all developing countries