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MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1980
THE SPOKESMAN SAID SEVERAL FORMS PRESCRIBED UNDER THE NEW REGULATIONS WERE PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE LAST FRIDAY TO REPLACE THOSE PRESCRIBED UNDER THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS REGULATIONS.
AS FROM TOMORROW, EMPLOYERS IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR SHOULD USE THE NEW FORMS INSTEAD OF THE OLD ONES.
SOME OF THE NEW FORMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS UNIT OF THE DEPARTMENT,
THEY INCLUDE FORMS FOR EMPLOYERS TO SPECIFY THE PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT OF THEIR WOMEN AND YOUNG WORKERS AND TO INFORM THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR THEIR INTENTION TO EMPLOY WOMEN WORKERS IN OVERTIME, AND CHANGE OF REST DAY FOR THEIR WORKERS.
OTHER FORMS CAN BE BOUGHT FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, INCLUDING NOTICES TO INFORM WORKERS OF OVERTIME WORK ON A CERTAIN DAY AND REGISTERS FOR EMPLOYERS TO RECORD THE PARTICULARS OF THEIR WORKERS.
ALSO COMING INTO EFFECT TOMORROW WOULD BE THE EMPLOYMENT (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1980, WHICH REQUIRES ALL EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES DEALING SOLELY WITH DOMESTIC SERVANTS TO BE LICENSED.
+AS FROM TOMORROW ANYONE OPERATING SUCH AN EMPLOYMENT AGENCY WILL REQUIRE A LICENCE ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
+THOSE OPERATING WITHOUT A LICENCE WILL BE COMMITTING AN OFFENCE AND LIABLE ON CONVICTION TO A FINE OF $5 000, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
BALLET IN YUEN LONG ****
THE FIRST BALLET SCHOOL IN THE NEW TERRITORIES HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN YUEN LONG WITH LOCAL DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD ASSISTANCE.
MANAGED BY YUEN LONG DISTRICT ARTS COMMITTEE, THE SCHOOL IS OPEN TO CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN NINE AND 14 AT A MONTHLY TUITION FEE OF $40.
A MEMBER OF THE ARTS COMMITTEE, MR CHEUNG CHUNG-YAN, SAID THIS WAS A NEW VENTURE TO PROVIDE A RICHER CULTURAL LIFE IN THE NEW TOWN. WHILE INDUSTRIES AND BUSINESS ARE THRIVING HERE, WE HOPE TO PROMOTE ARTS AND CULTURE TO MAKE LIFE MORE BALANCED AND ENJOYABLE.+
MR CHEUNG SAID FEES HAD BEEN KEPT LOW WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE DAB SO THAT CHILDREN FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE COULD HAVE A CHANCE TO LEARN THE ART IF THEY WANTED TO.
HE SAID
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