SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1983
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DURING THE SPECIAL OPERATION. POLICE INCREASED THE IR IDENTIFICATION SPOT CHECKS IN PUBLIC PLACES AND ALSO CARRIED OUT SPECIAL OPERATIONS IN SUSPECT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
THEY ARRESTED TWO SUSPECTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WITH FORGED IDENTITY CARDS. ANOTHER 303 PEOPLE WERE SUMMONSED FOR FAILING TO PRODUCE PROPER PROOF OF IDENTITY, AND A FURTHER 141 WERE WARNED IN RESPECT OF THIS OFFENCE, WHICH CARRIES A MAXIMUM FINE OF $1 000.
ON THE LABOUR FRONT, INSPECTORS OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT VISITED 10 451 ESTABLISHMENTS TO WEED OUT ANY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO MAY BE WORKING, AND TO CHECK THAT EMPLOYERS FULFIL THEIR LEGAL OBLIGATION OF KEEPING PROPER RECORDS OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.
A TOTAL OF 10 PERSONS IN NINE ESTABLISHMENTS WERE FOUND WITHOUT PROPER PROOF OF IDENTITY AND HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO THE
IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.
ANOTHER THREE ESTABLISHMENTS WERE FOUND TO BE KEEPING EITHER NO RECORD OR IMPROPER RECORDS OF EMPLOYEES. THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT ALSO SUMMONSED 82 ESTABLISHMENTS TO PRESENT THEIR EMPLOYEE RECORDS FOR INSPECTION AT THE DEPARTMENT.
THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED EMPLOYERS THAT THEY COULD BE FINED UP TO $50 000 AND JAILED FOR UP TO A YEAR IF THEY WERE FOUND TO BE EMPLOYING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
SWIMMERS URGED TO EXERCISE CARE ***
BEACHGOERS WERE URGED TO BE CAREFUL WHEN SWIMMING AT NON-GAZETTED BEACHES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND ON OUTLYING ISLANDS WHERE NO LIFE GUARD SERVICE IS PROVIDED,
NON-GAZETTED BEACHES ARE POTENTIAL DANGER SPOTS FOR SWIMMERS AS WAVES AND CURRENTS THERE CAN BE STRONG, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT CAUTIONED.
WARNING SIGNS HAVE BEEN ERECTED AT A NUMBER OF NON-GAZETTED BEACHES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, INCLUDING TONG FUK BEACH AND TAI LONG WAN ON LANTAU ISLAND AND TAI LONG SAI WAN, TAI LONG TUNG WAN AND HAM TIN IN SAI KUNG.
A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE DROWNED AT VARIOUS NON-GAZETTED BEACHES, INCLUDING TSIN YUE WAN, TONG FUK BEACH AND DISCOVERY BAY, OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS.
EVEN AT GAZETTED BEACHES, SWIMMERS SHOULD SWIM WITHIN THE SAFE LIMITS MARKED BY LINES OF BUOYS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+WHERE THE RED FLAG IS HOISTED, BEACHGOERS SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE WATER AS THE SIGNAL INDICATES THAT IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FOR EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS TO BATHE THERE,+ HE WARNED.
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