MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1980
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FACTORY LAW BREAKERS FACE PROSECUTION
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S PROSECUTIONS UNIT TOOK OUT A TOTAL OF 744 PROSECUTIONS LAST MONTH (AUGUST) AGAINST INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS FOR VIOLATING LABOUR LEGISLATION.
AS A RESULT, THERE WERE 732 CONVICTIONS WITH FINES AMOUNTING TO $501 320 IMPOSED BY THE COURTS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE MAJORITY OF CASES WERE RELATED TO BREACHES OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE AND VARIOUS REGULATIONS MADE UNDER THE ORDINANCE, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS.
AMONG THEM, 218 CONCERNED BREACHES OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY
REGULATIONS AND THE FINES TOTALLED $232 350.
OF THESE CASES, 115 (WITH $102 850 IN FINES) WERE FOR BREACHES OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS AND 68 (WİTH $91 250 IN FINES) WERE FOR BREACHES OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS.
OFFENCES RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS ACCOUNTED FOR 497 CASES AND FINES TOTALLED $253 970.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE PROSECUTIONS WERE MAINLY THE RESULT OF CONTINUAL ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT'S FACTORY INSPECTORATE AND THE LABOUR INSPECTORATE.
HE POINTED OUT THAT IT TOOK MORE THAN LAWS TO STAMP OUT MALPRACTICES AND OFFENCES IN INDUSTRY AND THAT CO-OPERATION WAS NEEDED FROM ALL CONCERNED TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION.
KCR DOUBLE TRACKING TO ENTER NEW PHASE
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WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN NOVEMBER ON DOUBLE TRACKING ANOTHER SECTION OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY SOUTH OF TAI PO KAU STATION TO THE TAI PO MARKET STATION.
THE WORK WILL INCLUDE DOUBLE TRACKING THREE KILOMETRES OF RAILWAY LINE, CONSTRUCTION OF STATION PLATFORMS AND PASSENGER SUBWAYS FOR THE NEW TAI PO MARKET STATION WHICH WILL BE LOCATED ABOUT 700 METRES SOUTH OF THE EXISTING ONE.
IN ADDITION TO EMBANKMENT WIDENING AND LAYING OF A SECOND TRACK TWO EXISTING RAILWAY BRIDGES ILL BE REBUILT TO PROVIDE A HIGHER LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY, AND TWO ROAD UNDERPASSES FENCING ALONG BOTH SIDES OF THE RAILWAY EMBANKMENT WILL BE PROVIDED.
FOUR PEDESTRIAN SUBWAYS WILL ALSO BE CONSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE GRADE SEPARATED CROSSINGS TO REPLACE EXISTING CROSSINGS.
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