WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1981
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HEALTH CENTRE NEARLY COMPLETED
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WORK ON THE LEI MUK SHUE HEALTH CENTRE IS NEARLY COMPLETE.
LOCATED AT THE JUNCTION OF WO YI HOP ROAD AND LEI SHU ROAD, THE $8-MILLION HEALTH CENTRE CONSISTS OF A GENERAL OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT, A FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE CENTRE, A 24-BED MATERNITY HOME AND ANCILLARY FACILITIES SUCH AS STAFF CANTEEN, KITCHEN AND STAFF CHANGING ROOMS.
MR YEE-SUN WU AND HIS BROTHER MR JIEH-YEE WU OF WING LUNG BANK HAVE JOINTLY PLEDGED A DONATION OF $2 MILLION TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION COST OF THE FOUR-STOREY CLINIC WHICH WILL BE NAMED AFTER THE IR MOTHER, MRS WU YORK-YU.
THE CENTRE, WHEN COMPLETED NEXT WEEK, WILL PROVIDE THE MUCH NEEDED CLINIC FACILITIES FOR THE RESIDENTS IN KWAI CHUNG WHICH OVER THE YEARS HAS EXPERIENCED RAPID INCREASES IN POPULATION AS A RESULT OF EXTENSIVE PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMMES.
ACTION TAKEN FOR LABOUR LAW VIOLATIONS
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A TOTAL OF 972 CONVICTIONS, WITH FINES TOTALLING MORE THAN $982 000, RESULTED FROM 986 PROSECUTIONS BROUGHT BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IN JUNE FOR BREACHES OF LABOUR LEGISLATION.
MOST OF THE CASES CONCERNED BREACHES OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE AND ITS VARIOUS SUBSIDIARY REGULATIONS, THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE AND THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY) REGULATIONS.
CASES RELATING TO VIOLATIONS OF SAFETY REGULATIONS TOTALLED 355, RESULTING IN FINES TOTALLING $554 150.
THIS INCLUDED 168 CASES (WITH $150 350 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS AND 125 CASES (WITH $317 800 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS.
OFFENCES IN CONNECTION WITH EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND YOUNG
PEOPLE ACCOUNTED FOR 531 CASES WITH $264 800 IN FINES.
OF THE OTHER PROSECUTIONS, 22 CASES RELATED TO FAILURE TO KEEP RECORDS OF EMPLOYEES AND TO PRODUCE SUCH RECORDS FOR INSPECTION BY LABOUR INSPECTORS, LEADING TO $14 450 IN FINES.
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