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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1980
SEMI-AUTOMATIC BARRIERS FOR GOVERNMENT CAR PARKS
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT IS CONSIDERING THE POSSIBLE INSTALLATION OF SEMI-AUTOMATIC BARRIERS AT ENTRANCES AND EXITS OF CAR PARKS WHICH WOULD RELEASE MORE STAFF TO BE DEPLOYED ON SECURITY PATROLS, SAYS THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON LEWIS DAVIES.
IN REPLY TO THE QUESTION FROM THE HON F.K. HU IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY, MR DIES SAID AT PRESENT THE DEPARTMENT ASSIGNED AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF STAFF TO PATROL EACH GOVERNMENT CAR PARK.
+UNIFORMED AND PLAIN CLOTHES POLICE OFFICERS MAKE REGULAR INSPECTIONS OF PUBLIC CAR PARKS AS PART OF THE IR PATROL DUTIES.
+ IN ADDITION, THE POLICE CONTINUE TO ADVISE MOTORISTS BY MEANS OF PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS, NOT TO LEAVE VALUABLE PROPERTY ON VIEW IN PARKED CARS,+ HE SAID.
HE ALSO DISCLOSED THAT IN RESPECT OF ALL GOVERNMENT CAR PARKS, STAFF OF TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT DURING 1979 RECEIVED REPORTS OF EIGHT ROBBERIES, 61 CASES OF THEFT, AND 13 VEHICLES STOLEN. OF ALL THESE CASES, 12 OCCURRED IN YAU MA TEI CAR PARK.
MR DAVIES POINTED OUT THAT IN THE LAST QUARTER OF 1979, THE POLICE MADE THREE PREVENTIVE ARRESTS OF PERSONS FOR LOITERING IN THE YAU MA TEI CAR PARK RESULTING IN TWO CONVICTIONS AND ONE CASE PENDING.
DURING THAT PERIOD, NO THEFTS FROM THAT CAR PARK WERE REPORTED TO THE POLICE, HE ADDED.
MATERNITY BENEFITS FOR WOMEN WORKERS
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AN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL WORKING GROUP ON MATERNITY BENEFITS FOR WOMEN WORKERS RECENTLY SUBMITTED ITS REPORT AND MADE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, THE HON J.N. HENDERSON, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM REV THE HON P.T. MCGOVERN, MR HENDERSON SAID THAT IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS COPIES OF THE REPORT, WHICH HAD BEEN TRANSLATED INTO CHINESE, WOULD BE CIRCULATED TO
INTERESTED PARTIES, INCLUDING WORKERS' TRADE UNIONS, EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION. THE IR COMMENTS WOULD BE INVITED.
+AFTER THEIR COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND CONSIDERED, I INTEND TO SEEK ALSO THE ADVICE OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD BEFORE FORMULATING PROPOSALS FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, + HE SAID.
MR HENDERSON ADDED THAT THE WORKING GROUP WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES IN DECEMBER 1978 :
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