WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1982
LABOUR LAW OFFENCES
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OF THE 820 PROSECUTIONS TAKEN OUT BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT LAST (JUNE) MONTH FOR BREACHES OF LABOUR LAWS, 786 RESULTED IN CONVICTION AND FINES IMPOSED BY THE COURTS TOTALLED $659 265.
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 CONCERNING VIOLATIONS OF SAFETY REGULATIONS TOTALLED 260, WITH $356 290 IN FINES. THESE INCLUDED 121 CASES (WITH $124 000 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS AND 79 CASES (WITH $157 700 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS.
CASES RELATING TO BREACHES OF THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY) REGULATIONS ACCOUNTED FOR 441 WITH $225 525 IN FINES.
OF THE OTHER PROSECUTIONS, 25 CASES WERE RELATED TO FAILURE TO KEEP RECORDS OF EMPLOYEES, LEADING TO $12 450 IN FINES.
CENTRAL AND WESTERN DB MEETING
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THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD WILL HOLD ITS FOURTH MEETING TOMORROW (THURSDAY) AT 4 PM IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN CITY DISTRICT OFFICE.
AT THE MEETING, WHICH WILL BE CHAIRED BY THE CITY DISTRICT COMMISSIONER FOR CENTRAL AND WESTERN, MR A.G. COOPER, BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE CONSULTED ON THEIR VIEWS ON THE OVERHEAD DEVELOPMENT OF MARKET COMPLEXES, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE COMPLEX TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE WESTERN RECLAMATION.
THE CHIEF TOWN PLANNER, MR H.K. CHAN WILL BRIEF THE MEETING ON THE GENERAL CONCEPTS ON TOWN PLANNING.
A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WILL EXPLAIN TO BOARD MEMBERS THE PRESENT POSITION REGARDING THE OPENING OF THE BUS-ONLY LANES IN THE MID-LEVELS ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN ANATOMY REPORT WILL BE TABLED AT THE MEETING.