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WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1978
LEGCO APPROVES FACTORIES REGULATIONS
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THE RE-ENACTMENT OF FIVE SETS OF REGULATIONS UNDER THE FACTOR IES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE WERE APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
THEY ARE THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1978- THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL ULDERTAKINGS (BLASTING PY ABRASIVES) (AMENDMENT) SPECIAL REGULATIONS 1978- THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS 1978 THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (CARGO HANDLING) REGULATIONS 1979- AND THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (LORK IN COMPRESSED AIR) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1978.
THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, THE HON. NEIL HENDERSON, IN MOVING THE MOTION FOR THEIR APPROVAL, SAID THEY WERE NECESSARY FOLLOWING THE AMENDMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE EY THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1978. THIS CLARIFIED THE DEFINITION OF INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKING TO EMBRACE NOT ONLY THE VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES IT SPECIFIED BUT ALSO THE PREMISES IN AND PLANT WITH WHICH THEY WERE CARRIED OUT.
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MR. HENDERSON ADDED THAT THE RE-ENACTMENT MERELY SOUGHT TC CLARIFY THE LEGAL EFFECTS OF EXISTING REGULATIONS AND THE LEGISLATION WOULD NOT GIVE RISE TO NEW OBLIGATIONS OR REQUIREMENTS.
NO AID TO FACTORY OWNERSHIP *****
THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT DEVISE A SPECIAL LOAN SCHEME OR ENCOURAGE OR SPONSOR THE BUILDING OF INDUSTRIAL ESTATES FOR SALE TO SMALL FACTORY OWNERS.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, THE HON. DAVID T.K. WONG, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
MR. CHECIG-LEEN HAD ASKEL: +IN ORDER TO ASSIST SMALL FACTORIES IN PURCHASING THE IR CWN FACTORY PREMISES, ILL GOVERNMENT DEVISE A SPECIAL LOAN SCHEME, OR ENCOURAGE OR SPONSOR THE BUILDING OF INDUSTRIAL ESTATES FOR SALE TO SUCH FACTORIES WITH PAYMENT TERMS EXTENDING UP TO 15-YEAR PERIODS?
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