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DURING HIS STAY HE WILL VISIT A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS TO SEE THE VARIOUS TYPES OF PURPOSE-BUILT OR CONVERTED SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN HONG KONG.
MR FOSTER IS EXTREMELY VERSATILE AND HAS WIDE EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATIONAL ORGANISATION AND PLANNING AND DESIGN TO MEET EDUCATIONAL NEEDS. THE TIME HE SPENT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE WAS ONE OF UNPRECEDENTED EXPANSION IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE U.K. HE HAS THEREFORE ACQUIRED A GREAT DEAL OF EXPERTISE IN THE WHOLE FIELD OF PLANNING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF RAPIDLY EXPANDING PUPIL AND STUDENT POPULATIONS.
HE HAS ALSO UNDERTAKEN A NUMBER OF OVERSEAS CONSULTANCIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST, NEPAL AND THE PHILIPPINES ADVISING ON EDUCATIONAL PROVISION.
LABOUR LAW OFFENCES
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A TOTAL OF 686 PROSECUTIONS FOR BREACHES OF LABOUR LAWS TAKEN OUT BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT RESULTED IN CONVICTIONS BY THE COURTS LAST (MARCH) MONTH WITH FINES AMOUNTING TO MORE THAN $701 000.
MOST OF THE PROSECUTIONS 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.
PROSECUTIONS CONCERNING VIOLATIONS OF SAFETY REGULATIONS TOTALLED 196, WITH $382 050 IN FINES. THESE INCLUDED 79 (WITH $110 300 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS AND 85 (WITH $237 650 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS.
PROSECUTIONS RELATING TO BREACHES OF THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY) REGULATIONS ACCOUNTED FOR 436 WITH $280 950
IN FINES.
OF THE OTHER PROSECUTIONS, 16 WERE RELATED TO FAILURE TO KEEP RECORDS OF EMPLOYEES, LEADING TO $8 250 IN FINES.
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