FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1981
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COST OF BREACHING LABOUR LAWS
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TOOK OUT 764 PROSECUTIONS LAST MONTH (MARCH) FOR BREACHES OF LABOUR LEGISLATION, OF THESE 749 CASES RESULTED IN CONVICTION WITH FINES TOTALLING MORE THAN $626 000.
THE MAJORITY OF THE CASES WERE RELATED TO BREACHES OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE AND ITS VARIOUS PEGULATIONS, THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE AND THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY) REGULATIONS.
AMONG THEM, 340 CONCERNED VIOLATIONS OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY REGULATIONS AND FINES AMOUNTED TO MORE THAN $415 910 INCLUDING 108 CASES FOR BREACHES OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATION WITH $157 610 IN FINES.
OFFENCES IN CONNECTION WITH EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS ACCOUNTED FOR 371 CASES WITH $179 900 IN FINES.
THE OTHER PROSECUTIONS, FIVE CASES RELATED TO FAILURE TO KRIP TMPLOYEE RECORDS WITH $3 000 IN FINES.
HOLIDAY MUSIC FOR PATIENTS
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THE CADUCEUS CHORUS, FORMED BY STAFF OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WILL BRING EASTER MESSAGE TO PATIENTS IN KWA I CHUNG AND KOWLOON HOSPITALS.
THE CHORUS WILL SING FOR THE IN-PATIENTS A WIDE SELECTION OF HYMNS, CLASSICS AND FOLK SONGS TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON.
THIS WILL BE THE SECOND CONCERT GIVEN BY THE CHORUS SINCE
IT WAS FORMED ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
IT MADE ITS DEBUT LAST CHRISTMAS WHEN IT BROUGHT TIDINGS TO PATIENTS IN THE FOUR GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE OBJECTIVE OF ORGANISING A CHOIR IS TO PROMOTE GOODWILL BETWEEN STAFF AND PATIENTS, TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR STAFF IN COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, AND TO CULTIVATE MUSICAL INTEREST AMONG THE STAFF.
THE CADUCEUS CHORUS, ORGANISED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, HAVE A MEMBERSHIP OF 80, CONSISTING OF DOCTORS, NURSES, PARAMEDICAL AND GENERAL GRADE STAFF.
THE CONDUCTOR OF THE CHOIR IS MR C.W.B. OXLEY, A CIVIL SERVANT WITH A KEEN INTEREST IN MUSIC.
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