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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1981
698 CONVICTED FOR BREAKING LABOUR LAWS
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OF THE 715 PROSECUTIONS BROUGHT BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT LAST MONTH FOR BREACH OF LABOUR LEGISLATION, 698 RESULTED IN CONVICTION AND THE TOTAL FINES AMOUNTED TO $615 400.
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 317, RESULTING IN FINES OF $426 700. THESE INCLUDED 165 CASES (WITH $163 600 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS AND 87 CASES (WITH $151 100 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS.
OFFENCES IN CONNECTION WITH EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN INDUSTRY ACCOUNTED FOR 317 CASES WITH $141 050 IN FINES.
OF THE OTHER PROSECUTIONS, 13 CASES RELATED TO FAILURE TO KEEP RECORDS OF EMPLOYEES, LEADING TO $8 100 IN FINES.
NEW ELECTRONICS FACTORY WELCOMED
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THE DECISION BY THE CANADIAN MITEL CORPORATION TO OPEN A 1 300 SQUARE-METRE FACTORY IN TSUEN WAN EARLY NEXT YEAR WAS WELCOMED TODAY BY THE COMMISSIONER OF INDUSTRY, MR PETER TSAO.
+ONE OF OUR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS, MAJOR C.G. BERNARD WAS ABLE TO INTRODUCE THE CORPORATION TO THE OWNERS OF AN EXISTING FACTORY, WHICH WAS IDEAL FOR THE IR PURPOSE AND ENABLED THE COMPANY TO RAPIDLY ESTABLISH ITSELF IN HONG KONG.
+ I AM DELIGHTED THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ASSIST THE COMPANY IN REACHING ITS DECISION- AND IN ITS FAITH AND CONFIDENCE THAT HONG KONG IS A FAST-GROWING ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY CENTRE+, SAID MR TSAO.
+AS ONE OF THE LEADING MANUFACTURERS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT IN THE WORLD, THE IR PRESENCE HERE WILL BE A VALUABLE ADDITION TO OUR ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY+, HE ADDED.
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THE COMPANY STARTED UP IN 1973- TWO YEARS AFTER BEING INCORPORATED AND IS ALREADY THE LARGEST CANADIAN MANUFACTURER OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, AND A GLOBAL LEADER IN ITS PARTICULAR SEGMENT OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY. WITH OPERATING SUBSIDIAR IES IN THE UNITED STATES, BRITAIN, IRELAND AND PUERTO RICO, IT EMPLOYS SOME 1 500 STAFF.
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