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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1980
PUBLIC ADVISED TO LOOK OUT FOR PICKPOCKETS
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THE POLICE WILL STEP UP THE IR PUBLICITY EFFORTS DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR PERIOD ADVISING THE PUBLIC TO BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR PICKPOCKETS, IN ADDITION TO REDEPLOYING MANPOWER ON ANTI-CRIME PATROLS, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON. LEWIS DAVIES SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. ANDREW SO, MR. DAVIES SAID THE PUBLIC WOULD BE ADVISED TO TAKE GREATER CARE OF THE IR CASH AND VALUABLES, NOT TO CARRY LARGE SUMS OF MONEY, AND TO REPORT AT ONCE IF AN INCIDENT OCCURRED.
HE ALSO NOTED THAT THE NUMBER OF PICK POCKETING OFFENCES WAS UNLIKELY TO INCREASE DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR, BUT HE STRESSED THERE WOULD BE NO RELAXATION OF POLICE VIGILANCE DURING THIS PERIOD.
EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN WORKERS IN INDUSTRY ****
THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, THE HON. NE IL HENDERSON, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN WORKERS AT NIGHT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR WAS GOVERNED BY THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS REGULATIONS.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. LYDIA DUNN, MR. HENDERSON SAID THAT BRIEFLY THE REGULATIONS STATED THAT WOMEN WORKERS COULD NOT BE EMPLOYED BEFORE 6 AM OR AFTER 8 PM.
+ IF OVERTIME IS WORKED, THE PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT CAN BE EXTENDED TO 9 PM. HOWEVER, WITH THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOUR AND SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS, WOMEN CAN BE EMPLOYED ON SHIFT WORK UP TO 11 PM, HE SAID.
THESE REGULATIONS DID NOT APPLY TO EMPLOYMENT OTHER THAN IN FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS, MR. HENDERSON ADDED.
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