TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1981
1981
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LABOUR LAW VIOLATIONS
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A TOTAL OF 722 CONVICTIONS. WITH FINES TOTALLING MORE THAN $598 000, RESULTED FROM 743 PROSECUTIONS BROUGHT BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IN AUGUST FOR BREACH 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 352, RESULTING IN FINES TOTALLING $404 375.
THESE INCLUDED 184 CASES (WITH $158 975 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (QUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS AND 104 CASES (WITH $181 950 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS.
OFFENCES IN CONNECTION WITH EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS IN INDUSTRY ACCOUNTED FOR 297 CASES, WITH $143 250 IN FINES.
OF THE OTHER PROSECUTIONS, 18 CASES RELATED TO FAILURE TO KEEP RECORDS OF EMPLOYEES, LEADING TO $8 580 IN FINES.
BIG TAI PO CLEAN UP STARTING SOON
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A SERIES OF OPERATIONS TO IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN TAI PO WILL START BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
THIS SUBJECT WAS RAISED AT A DISTRICT BOARD MEETING RECENTLY, AND MEMBERS AGREED THAT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO REMOVE OBSTRUCTIONS ON PAVEMENTS, ROADWAYS AND ALLEYS FOR BOTH ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY REASONS.
THE OPERATIONS, TO BEGIN IN THE TOWN CENTRE AREA, WILL BE CO-ORDINATED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND CARRIED OUT BY THE SQUATTER CONTROL DIVISION OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DISTRICT OFFICE SAID ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN AGAINST SHOP OPERATORS WHO BLOCKED PAVEMENTS AND ROADWAYS WITH THEIR GOODS AND THOSE WHO CARRIED OUT BUSINESS ON THE OPEN GROUND AND ALLEYS.
+AS THE NEW TOWN IS RAPIDLY TAKING SHAPE, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO CLEAR ILLEGAL OBSTRUCTIONS BEFORE THE PROBLEM" BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL, HE SAID.
LETTERS WILL BE SENT TO PEOPLE WHERE UNLAWFUL OCCUPATION OF PUBLIC ROADS ARE FOUND.
THE SPOKESMAN URGED RESIDENTS AND SHOP OPERATORS TO CO-OPERATE AND PUT RIGHT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE ALL BREACHES WHICH HAD OCCURRED IN THE PAST.
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