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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1982
LABOUR LAW OFFENCES
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A TOTAL OF 775 PROSECUTIONS WERE TAKEN OUT BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT LAST (AUGUST) MONTH FOR BREACHES OF LABOUR LAWS. OF THESE 735 CASES HAD RESULTED IN CONVICTION AND MORE THAN $741 000 IN FINES.
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 191, WITH $404 150 IN FINES. THESE INCLUDED 90 CASES (WITH $157 850 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS AND 47 CASES (WITH $178 250 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS.
CASES RELATING TO BREACHES OF THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY) REGULATIONS TOTALLED 485, WITH $289 458 IN FINES.
OF THE OTHER PROSECUTIONS, 21 CASES WERE RELATED TO FAILURE TO KEEP RECORDS OF EMPLOYEES, LEADING TO $13 950 IN FINES.
WATER FIGURES ***
STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 81.3 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 469.705 MILLION CUBIC METRES.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 253.705 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 43.9 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.