China has updated its mandatory national standard for high visibility protective clothing – GB 20653-2020.

The standard covers professional use high visibility clothing designed using fluorescent and retroreflective materials. The intention of the clothing it to provide conspicuous warning of the worker in an environment where visibility is poor.  

GB 20653-2020 contains provisions relating to classes and design, and the performance of:

• Background materials
• Non-fluorescent and combined materials
• Retroreflective and combined materials

Among the main technical changes are:

Additions:

• Some terms and definitions
• Requirement for measuring an area of high visibility warning clothing and class rating
• Chemical properties requirements and test methods for background and non-fluorescent materials
• Normative Annex D – “positioning of bands of retroreflective material for industrial wash test”
• Informative Annex F – “environment risk level and guidelines for the design of high visibility garments”

Revisions:

• Standard name is updated from ‘High visibility warning clothing for professional use’ to ‘Protective clothing—High visibility warning clothing for professional use’
• Design requirements for warning clothing
• Ergonomic requirements for warning clothing
• Colorfastness requirements for perspiration on background and non-fluorescent materials
• Colorfastness requirements – domestic and commercial laundering, dry-cleaning, bleaching (hypochlorite), hot pressing
• Dimensional change requirements for background and non-fluorescent materials + test method
• Mechanical properties requirements for background and non-fluorescent materials
• Retroreflective performance requirements for separate performance retroreflective materials and cancelled three classes
• Test methods of dimensional change after washing or dry-cleaning
• Graphical symbol of high visibility warning clothing and the deletion of the markings (indicating Performance Class) of the graphical symbol in GB 20653-2006

Issued by the Standardization Administration of China, the new standard was included in China’s No. 18 announcement of newly approved national standards for 2020. It replaces the version iteration – GB 20653-2006 – and will come into effect on August 1, 2021. 

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The Church of Pentecost, Ho Area was not left out in taking their turn to launch the Peace Campaign on the theme: Seek Peace and Pursue it, under the auspices of Apostle Moses Kwame Ahiakor the Area Head.

This august event which took place at the Central Auditorium of Ho Fiave was held on 9^th October 2020 with a massive attendance by Religious, Civil Societies and Government institutions forming the stakeholders for the program.

Speaking at the launch, Apostle Moses Ahiakor called on all to reunite, arise and seek peace now but not tomorrow or a later day. “We have only one Ghana entrusted into our hands by the Almighty to keep. Should we become distrusted servants, chaos, disaster and anarchy would become the order of the day” he said.

He advised the politicians and their followers to always smoke the ‘peace pipe’ in their attempt to settle any ostensible differences so that we could continue enjoying peace before, during and after the elections.

Speaking to the youth, he said “don’t be the one to start troubles but rather be the engine that propels peace”

The Media was asked to reflect solemnly on what they seek to carry as their content for news and their reportage and were advised to have their coverages devoid of sensationalism, bias and false information which has the tendency to fuel violence.

Having watched the documentary on the 2020 Agent of Peace Campaign, the stakeholders took their turn to pledge their support to the maintenance of the peaceful atmosphere we enjoy.

A statement that kept running through each stakeholder’s solidarity message was “we all have a part to play in seeking peace before, during and after elections”.  They commended the Church of Pentecost for soldiering the call for peace and institutions such as the National Commission for Civic Education, Ghana Prisons Service and Police Service itemized the diverse ways the Church of Pentecost has immensely supported them in the discharge of their duties.

Speaking at the event, Hon. Prosper K. Pi-Bansah the Ho Municipal Chief Executive expressed his profound gratitude to the Church for spearheading this great agenda and called on all political parties to put Ghana first in all deliberations. We should be mindful of what we say, our actions, inactions and other political innuendos which may derail us of our quest for peace.

The Area Coordinator for the program, Pastor Cephas Akakpo concluded on the note that, all the things happening around has spoken clearly to us that, we can no more attain or acquire freedom and peace as a common commodity if we do not deliberately work towards its attainment. Hence let’s all seek peace and pursue it diligently.

An agent of peace route march from the venue through the principal streets to PIWC Mawuli Estate took off to climax the launching activity.

The Ho Area Pastorate, Chief Imam and his entourage, the Ho MCE and his entourage representing the Regional Minister, Media, Voice Ghana, Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council Members, Ghana Revenue Authority, Lands Commission were few dignitaries present at the Peace Campaign launching.

Report By Overseer Felix Brakatu, Ho Area