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SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 1983
+THERE ARE NOW SEVEN APARTMENTS IN THE DISTRICT ACCOMMODATING ABOUT 210 BEDSPACE LODGERS, HE SAID.
+ALTHOUGH THEY ARE ALWAYS ENCOURAGED TO APPLY FOR COMPASSIONATE REHOUSING, MOST HAVE DIFFICULTY IN MOVING INTO PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES,+ HE ADDED.
THE PROJECT, INITIATED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND SUPPORTED BY THE HONG KONG HOUSING SOCIETY, WAS MADE FOLLOWING A SURVEY CONDUCTED LAST YEAR WHEN MORE THAN HALF OF THE DISTRICT'S BEDSPACE LODGERS WERE INTERVIEWED.
+AT THE MOMENT, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS PLAN IS RELATIVELY SMALL. BUT IT IS HOPED THAT THROUGH THIS PILOT SCHEME THEIR LIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE IMPROVED,* MR LEE SAID.
THE CONVERSION WORK, WHICH INCLUDES PROVISION OF A KITCHEN, SINGLE BEDS AND OTHER BASIC FURNITURE, WILL BE COMPLETED IN THRÉE MONTHS' TIME.
FACTORY OWNERS WARNED ABOUT BOILER OPERATIONS
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FACTORY OWNERS WHO FAIL TO ENSURE THAT THEIR ELECTRIC IRONING BOILERS ARE OPERATED UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF A COMPETENT PERSON, ARE LIABLE TO. PROSECUTION BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.
IN MAKING THE WARNING TODAY (SUNDAY), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT UNDER THE LAW, NO IRONING BOILER SHOULD BE OPERATED EXCEPT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A PERSON POSSESSING A CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCE ISSUED BY THE PRESSURE EQUIPMENT UNIT OF THE DEPARTMENT. THE MAXIMUM FINE FOR BREACHING THIS STATUTORY REQUIREMENT IS $30 000.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE SPOKESMAN URGED FACTORY OWNERS WHO DO NOT HAVE COMPETENT PERSONNEL ATTENDING TO THEIR IRONING BOILERS TO SEND STAFF TO ATTEND A TRAINING COURSE ON THE SAFE OPERATION OF THE BOILERS, OFFERED FREE OF CHARGE BY THE UNIT.
+THE TRAINING COURSE IS AIMED AT ASSISTING FACTORY OWNERS IN OBTAINING THE SERVICES OF COMPETENT PERSONNEL. SOME FACTORY OWNERS HAVE SENT THEIR STAFF TO ATTEND THE COURSE, AND THE PASS RATE OF THE CANDIDATES HAS BEEN 100 PER CENT, HE SAID.
THE COURSE, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED, IS OPEN TO PEOPLE WITH A MINIMUM OF TWO MONTHS' EXPERIENCE IN OPERATING IRONING BOILERS.
CANDIDATES WILL HAVE TO ATTEND A TWO-HOUR LECTURE TO BE GIVEN IN CANTONESE BY INSPECTORS OF THE UNIT.
• ON COMPLETION OF THE LECTURE, THEY WILL BE GIVEN A MULTIPLE- CHOICE TEST, AND THOSE WHO ARE SUCCESSFUL WILL BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND TO THE BOILERS FOR A PERIOD OF 14 MONTHS UNDER AN EXEMPTION ORDER ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S PRINCIPAL SURVEYOR.
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