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MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1976
PROSECUTIONS AGAINST FACTORY PROPRIETORS
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PROSECUTIONS AGAINST FACTORY PROPRIETORS FOR BREACH OF LABOUR LAWS TOTALLED 349 IN AUGUST.
THESE INVOLVED EITHER CONTRAVENTION OF REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS OR FAILURE TO OBSERVE VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL SAFETY REGULATIONS. OFFENDERS WERE FINED A TOTAL OF $190,500.
IN THE FIRST CATEGORY, THE MOST COMMON OFFENCES DETECTED WERE THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN OUTSIDE THE IR PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT. A TOTAL OF 86 SUCH CASES, WITH FINES AMOUNTING TO $38,950, WERE DEALT WITH BY THE COURTS DURING THE PERIOD UNDER REVIEW.
IN THE SECOND CATEGORY THE MOST COMMON OFFENCES WERE OPERATING UNFENCED MACHINERY AND OPERATING UNREGISTERED INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS. THEY NUMBERED 15 CASES EACH AND THEIR TOTAL FINES AMOUNTED TO $10,450 AND $7,150 RESPECTIVELY.
COMMENTING ON THE PROSECUTIONS, A LABOUR DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID: +OUR INSPECTORATE KEEP A CONSTANT WATCH OVER WORKING CONDITIONS IN FACTORIES BY PAYING REGULAR VISITS TO
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS.
+THIS IS NECESSARY IN A HIGHLY INDUSTRIALISED CITY LIKE HONG KONG IF WE ARE TO PROTECT THE HEALTH, WELFARE AND SAFETY OF WORKERS.
+THE PROSECUTIONS ARE CARRIED OUT NOT SO MUCH TO PENALISE THE PROPRIETORS AS TO ACT AS A DETERRANT AGAINST A REPETITION OF SUCH OFFENCES IN FUTURE,+ HE ADDED.
TRAFFIC RE-ARRANGEMENTS IN KOWLOON
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT WITH EFFECT FROM 10 A.M. ON FRIDAY (OCTOBER 15), URBAN CLEARWAY RESTRICTIONS WILL BE IMPOSED ON THE SOUTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF HAMMER HILL ROAD BETWEEN LUNG CHEUNG ROAD AND CHOI HUNG ROAD, INCLUDING THE CHOI HUNG ROUNDABOUT, TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE AREA.
ALL MOTOR VEHICLES, EXCEPT FRANCHISED BUSES, WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PICK UP OR SET DOWN PASSENGERS AND TO LOAD OR UNLOAD GOODS AT ALL TIMES WITHIN THE AREA.
ALSO STARTING FROM 10 A.M. ON FRIDAY (OCTOBER 15), YI LUN STREET IN SAN PO KONG WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE-WAY NORTHWESTBOUND TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION.
APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.