MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1983
TO KWA WAN OFFICE BUILDING READY SOON
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A NEW GOVERNMENT OFFICE AND MARKET BUILDING IN TO KWA WAN WILL BE READY FOR OCCUPATION IN ABOUT A MONTH.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (MONDAY) STRUCTURAL WORK ON THE BUILDING HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND INTERIOR FINISHING WORK WAS NOW AT AN ADVANCED STAGE.
THE 11-STOREY COMPLEX, COSTING ABOUT $27 MILLION TO BUILD, IS SITUATED ON A 3 400-SQUARE-METRE SITE AT KOWLOON CITY ROAD NEAR ITS JUNCTION WITH LOK SHAN ROAD.
THE BUILDING WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL OFFICE ACCOMMODATION FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND ALSO MORE MODERN MARKET FACILITIES BY REPLACING THE EXISTING ONE NEARBY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID,
THE UPPER NINE FLOORS WILL BE FOR AN URBAN COUNCIL LIBRARY AND OFFICES FOR OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
PART OF THE SECOND FLOOR WILL BE USED FOR A REPROVISIONED AND ENLARGED HUNG HOM CLINIC, TO PROVIDE BETTER MEDICAL SERVICES FOR THOSE LIVING IN THE DENSELY-POPULATED AREA.
THE MARKET WILL OCCUPY PART OF THE BASEMENT AND THE WHOLE OF THE GROUND AND FIRST FLOORS. IT WILL HAVE 492 STALLS OF VARIOUS SIZES FOR MEAT, FISH, POULTRY, VEGETABLES AND FRUIT.
THIRTY-EIGHT CAR PARKING SPACES WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED IN THE BASEMENT FOR GOVERNMENT VEHICLES,
LABOUR LAW OFFENDERS FINED
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A TOTAL OF 630 PROSECUTIONS FOR BREACHES OF LABOUR LAWS TAKEN OUT BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT RESULTED IN CONVICTION BY THE COURTS LAST (NOVEMBER) MONTH, WITH FINES IMPOSED AMOUNTING TO $706 000.
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 223, WITH $445 450 IN FINES. THESE INCLUDED 98 CASES (WITH $246 500 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS AND 45 CASES (WITH $115 550 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS.
CASES RELATING TO BREACHES OF THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY) REGULATIONS ACCOUNTED FOR 324, WITH $199 975 IN FINES.
OF THE OTHER PROSECUTIONS, SEVEN CASES WERE RELATED TO FAILURE TO KEEP RECORDS OF EMPLOYEES, LEADING TO $5 150 IN FINES.
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