SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26,
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COST OF BREACHING LABOUR LAWS
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT LAST (NOVEMBER) MONTH TOOK OUT 664 PROSECUTIONS FOR BREACH OF LABOUR LEGISLATION, AND THE FINES IMPOSED BY THE COURTS AMOUNTED TO $558 165.
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 235, RESULTING IN FINES OF $348 340. THESE INCLUDED 111 CASES (WITH $124 100 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS AND 80 CASES (WITH $165 740 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS.
OFFENCES IN CONNECTION WITH EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN INDUSTRY ACCOUNTED FOR 331 CASES WITH $165 575 IN FINES.
OF THE OTHER PROSECUTIONS, 20 CASES RELATED TO FAILURE TO KEEP RECORDS OF EMPLOYEES, LEADING TO $9 600 IN FINES.
BISHOP VISITS PSYCHIATRIC CENTRE
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THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF HONG KONG, THE RIGHT REV. JOHN BAPTIST WU, VISITED THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT'S SIU LAM PSYCHIATRIC CENTRE TODAY (SATURDAY).
HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE PRISONS CHAPLAIN, FR. STEPHEN EDMONDS,
BISHOP WU TOURED THE CENTRE AND WAS BRIEFED ON THE TREATMENT AND FACILITIES PROVIDED THERE. HE ALSO TALKED TO SOME OF THE INMATES.
THE BISHOP VISITS ONE OF THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT'S PENAL INSTITUTIONS AT CHRISTMAS EVERY YEAR.