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TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1979
+ITS IMPLEMENTATION IS BEING TACKLED WITH THE SAME VIGOUR AND ENTERPRISE THAT HAVE BEEN FEATURES OF HONG KONG'S REMARKABLE GROWTH.
HONG KONG 1979 WAS PRODUCED IN ENGLISH BY THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES, TRANSLATED BY THE CHINESE LANGUAGE DIVISION OF THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT AND PRINTED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER.
CONTAINING THOUSANDS OF THE LATEST FACTS, FIGURES AND STATISTICS, THE BOOK PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG, AND IS EXTENSIVELY ILLUSTRATED WITH 80 COLOUR PLATES.
WARNING ON BOGUS LABOUR OFFICERS
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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) WARNED FACTORY PROPRIETORS TO BE ON GUARD AGAINST BOGUS LABOUR DEPARTMENT OFFICERS.
HE SAID THE DEPARTMENT HAD RECENTLY RECEIVED A COMPLAINT FROM A FACTORY PROPRIETOR WHO WAS APPROACHED FOR MONEY FOR A DEPARTMENTAL PUBLICATION BY PEOPLE CLAIMING TO BE LABOUR DEPARTMENT OFFICERS.
HE STRESSED THAT ALL SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WERE FREE AND, FROM TIME TO TIME, THE DEPARTMENT PUBLISHED PAMPHLETS ON LABOUR LEGISLATIONS, IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE, WHICH WERE ALSO AVAILABLE FREE TO THE PUBLIC.
HE REMINDED FACTORY PROPRIETORS THAT ALL LABOUR DEPARTMENT OFFICERS CARRY WITH THEM GOVERNMENT IDENTITY CARDS AND WARRANTS WHICH SHOWED THE PHOTOGRAPH AND NAME OF THE HOLDER.
MEMBERS OF THE FACTORY AND LABOUR INSPECTORATE ARE INSTRUCTED TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES BY PRODUCING THEIR WARRANTS WHEN VISITING FACTORIES, HE ADDED.
THE SPOKESMAN ADVISED FACTORY PROPRIETORS TO CHECK ON THE IDENTITY OF VISITORS CLAIMING TO BE OFFICERS OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND, IF IN ANY DOUBT, TO REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO THE NEAREST POLICE STATION.
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