WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1982
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MR AKERS-JONES SAID CANDIDATES RANGED IN AGE FROM 24 TO OVER 70 AND CAME FROM A VERY WIDE VARIETY OF OCCUPATIONS AND
PROFESSIONS.
+ IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU ARE FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES IT IS THE SPREAD OF PEOPLE WHICH IS VERY ENCOURAGING, HE SAID.
HE SAID ACCOUNTS OF CANDIDATES' EXPENSES MUST BE SUBMITTED.
+WE MUST RELY ON PEOPLE BEING SENSIBLE ABOUT THIS MATTER,+ HE SAID.
I AM QUITE SURE IF THERE ARE CANDIDATES WHO HAVE BEEN LAVISH WE WILL HEAR ABOUT IT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT WILL HAPPEN.
MR AKERS-JONES WAS ASKED IF HE HAD FIGURES TO SHOW HOW MANY CANDIDATES HAD THE SUPPORT OF VARIOUS ASSOCIATIONS. HE SAID HE HAD NOT, BUT CLEARLY SOME CANDIDATES WERE BEING SUPPORTED BY ASSOCIATIONS.
HE EMPHASISED THAT VOTERS HAD TO CAST THE IR VOTE IN THE CONSTITUENCY IN WHICH THEY LIVED, +1 LIVE IN TAI PO AND WILL CAST MY VOTE THERE, HE SAID.
MR AKERS-JONES SAID RURAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS HAD TAKEN PLACE IN THOSE PARTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES WHERE THEY WERE DUE.
THE CHAIRMEN OF THE RURAL COMMITTEES WERE OF COURSE MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS.
LABOUR LAW OFFENCES ****
OF THE 632 PROSECUTIONS TAKEN OUT BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IN JANUARY FOR BREACHES OF LABOUR LEGISLATION, 624 RESULTED IN CONVICTIONS AND FINES TOTALLING $448 000.
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 RELATED TO VIOLATIONS OF SAFETY REGULATIONS TOTALLED 189, RESULTING IN FINES OF $198 500. THESE INCLUDED 117 CASES (WITH $119 400 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS AND 36 CASES (WITH $51 250 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS.
CASES CONCERNING BREACHES OF THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS INDUSTRY) REGULATIONS ACCOUNTED FOR 370 WITH $210 525 IN FINES.
OF THE OTHER PROSECUTIONS, 12 CASES RELATED TO FAILURE TO KEEP RECORDS OF EMPLOYEES, LEADING TO $7 400 IN FINES.
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