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MONDAY, JULY 5, 1982
INSPECTORS OF APPRENTICES' POWERS OF ENTRY
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THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE (CAP. 47) AND REGULATIONS HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED FROM THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TO THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT WITH EFFECT FROM APRIL 1, 1982.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW DEPARTMENT REMINDED EMPLOYERS THAT UNDER SECTION 35(A) OF THE APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE, AN INSPECTOR OF APPRENTICES OF THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT IS EMPOWERED TO ENTER, INSPECT AND EXAMINE, BY DAY OR NIGHT, ANY PREMISES OR PLACE IN WHICH HE KNOWS, OR HAS REASONABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE, THAT AN APPRENTICE OR A YOUNG PERSON IS EMPLOYED.
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO URGED EMPLOYERS TO CO-OPERATE WHEN INSPECTORS OF APPRENTICES VISITED THEIR ESTABLISHMENTS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE.
+AN INSPECTOR OF APPRENTICES CARRIES WITH HIM A WARRANT AND A GOVERNMENT IDENTITY CARD. HE WILL NEED TO PRODUCE THEM UPON HIS ENTRY TO ANY PREMISES FOR INSPECTION, HE SAID.
+ANY PERSON WHO OBSTRUCTS AN INSPECTOR OF APPRENTICES PERFORMING OR EXERCISING ANY FUNCTION, DUTY OR POWER UNDER THE APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE MAY BE PROSECUTED. ON CONVICTION, HE IS LIABLE TO A FINE OF $5 000 AND TO IMPRISONMENT FOR SIX MONTHS, HE ADDED.
EMPLOYERS WHO HAVE ANY ENQUIRIES MAY CONTACT ANY OF THE BRANCH OFFICES OF THE APPRENTICESHIP SECTION AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESSES -
HENNESSY CENTRE, EAST WING, 6TH FLOOR, 500 HENNESSY ROAD,
CAUSEWAY BAY, TEL: 5-7956211;
PARIS THEATRE BUILDING, 7 KING FUK STREET, SAN PO KONG,
TEL: 3-234722;
SALISBURY ROAD, OPPOSITE TO SHERATON HOTEL, TSIM SHA TSUI
TEL: 3-667463;
31 SHING FONG STREET, 5TH FLOOR, KWAI CHUNG, TEL: 0-297039;
AND
YEN HAU MANSION, 3RD FLOOR, 100 TING FU STREET, KWUN TONG,
TEL: 3-7561093.
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