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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1980
LABOUR LAW OFFENDERS PROSECUTED
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT LAST MONTH (OCTOBER) TOOK OUT 845 PROSECUTIONS FOR BREACHES OF LABOUR LEGISLATION.
OF THE CASES TAKEN OUT BY THE DEPARTMENT'S PROSECUTIONS UNIT, 818 RESULTED IN CONVICTION, AND FINES IMPOSED BY THE COURTS TOTALLED MORE THAN $774 000.
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, 375 CONCERNED VIOLATION OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY REGULATIONS AND FINES AMOUNTED TO MORE THAN $547 500.
OF THESE CASES, 197 ($237 500 IN FINES) WERE FOR BREACHES OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS AND 125 ($267 600 IN FINES) FOR THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS.
OFFENCES IN CONNECTION WITH EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS ACCOUNTED FOR 432 CASES RESULTING IN $212 570 IN FINES.
NOTE TO EDITORS :
YAN CHAI HOSPITAL EXTENSION STONE-LAYING CEREMONY
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE STONE-LAYING CEREMONY TO MARK THE EXTENSION OF THE YAN CHAI HOSPITAL ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 28) AT 3.30 PM. YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND MEMBERS OF YOUR STAFF TO COVER THE CEREMONY. TRANSPORT WILL LEAVE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AT 2.30 PM. MR DONALD STRANGE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION PRESS UNIT WILL ASSIST MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES.
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