WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1982 ·
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LABOUR LAW OFFENCES
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OF THE 745 PROSECUTIONS TAKEN OUT BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT LAST MONTH FOR BREACHES OF LABOUR LAWS, 726 RESULTED IN CONVICTION, WITH FINES TOTALLING $660 000.
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.
THERE WERE 217 CASES CONCERNING VIOLATIONS OF SAFETY REGULATIONS, RESULTING IN $314 250 IN FINES. THESE INCLUDED 130 CASES (WITH $166 400 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS AND 29 CASES (WITH $73 100 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS.
THERE WERE 410 CASES RELATING TO BREACHES OF THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY) REGULATIONS, WITH $207 550 IN FINES.
OF THE OTHER PROSECUTIONS, 21 CASES CONCERNED FAILURE TO KEEP RECORDS OF EMPLOYEES, LEADING TO $17 250 IN FINES.
ROAD SAFETY DAY FUN PROGRAMME
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AN ENTERTAINMENT-PACKED ROAD SAFETY DAY WILL BE HELD IN THE CHATER ROAD PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT IN CENTRAL ON SUNDAY (MAY 30) TO LAUNCH THIS YEAR'S ROAD SAFETY PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN PUBLICITY COMMITTEE SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THIS TERRITORY-WIDE EVENT IS ONE OF THE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AIMED AT DELIVERING THE ROAD SAFETY MESSAGES TO THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNGSTERS.
+ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RECENTLY RELEASED BY THE ROAD SAFETY DIVISION OF THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, AMONG THE 24 080 ROAD ACCIDENT VICTIMS OF 1981, 9 536 WERE PEDESTRIANS.
+CONSIDERING THE STRIKINGLY HIGH PROPORTION OF PEDESTRIANS INVOLVED IN ROAD ACCIDENTS AND THE FACT THAT THE NUMBER IS ON THE INCREASE, THE CAMPAIGN PUBLICITY COMMITTEE PLANS THIS YEAR TO REMIND ALL ROAD USERS, WHO ARE INCIDENTALLY PEDESTRIANS AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
→ IN MOST CASES, PEOPLE WERE KILLED OR INJURED ON THE ROAD BECAUSE THEY DISOBEYED THE SIMPLE CROSSING CODES. THEY WERE EITHER BEING CARELESS OR BEING IMPATIENT, HE ADDED.
/STATISTICS ALEL