SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1980
+ THE ENTIRE FENCING PROJECT IS FOR THE SAFE OPERATION OF THE ELECTRIFIED TRAIN SERVICE AND TO SAFEGUARD THE PUBLIC IN VIEW OF INCREASED TRAIN SPEED, FREQUENCY AND RELATIVE QUIETNESS OF OPERATIONS AS WELL AS KEEPING THE PUBLIC AWAY FROM THE ELECTRIFIED OVERHEAD WIRES, HE SAID.
WORK ON THE BEACON HILL - SHA TIN SECTOR WILL START IN OCTOBER AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN MID-1981.
THE RAILWAY DIVISION OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, DESIGNED AND WILL SUPERVISE THE PROJECT ON BEHALF OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
WORKING HOURS FOR REGISTERED APPRENTICES
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EMPLOYERS WERE REMINDED TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT WITH EFFECT FROM TOMORROW (MONDAY), THE PERIOD DURING WHICH REGISTERED APPRENTICES AGED BELOW 18 CAN BE EMPLOYED WILL BE LIMITED TO BETWEEN 7 AM AND 7 PM.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SAID THE LIMITATION IS PROVIDED BY THE APPRENTICESHIP (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1980, APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL LAST JUNE.
THE REGULATIONS AIM AT IMPROVING THE EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS OF YOUNG APPRENTICES AND COMPLYING WITH THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION CONVENTION ON NIGHT WORK.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE LIMITATION WOULD APPLY EVEN IF OVERTIME WAS WORKED.
+TOGETHER, THE REGULATIONS WILL EFFECTIVELY ENSURE THAT APPRENTICES BELOW THE AGE OF 18 WILL HAVE A NIGHT REST OF 12 CONSECUTIVE HOURS IN LINE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION (ILO) CONVENTION, HE ADDED.
APPRENTICES OVER THE AGE OF 16 ARE STILL ALLOWED TO WORK OVERTIME SUBJECT TO A DAILY LIMIT OF TWO HOURS AND A YEARLY LIMIT OF BETWEEN 150 AND 250 HOURS, DEPENDING ON THE AGE OF THE APPRENTICES.
HOWEVER, APPRENTICES BELOW THE AGE OF 18 WOULD HAVE TO FINISH WORK BY 7 PM.
EMPLOYERS WHO HAVE ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE NEW REGULATIONS SHOULD CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT'S APPRENTICESHIP DIVISION ON TELEPHONE 5-280545, 3-219285, 3-667463, 3-440838 AND 12-297039.
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