TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1984
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OTHER SEWAGE DISPOSAL FACILITIES BEING PLANNED INCLUDE A TWO KILOMETRES LONG TUNNEL RUNNING BETWEEN PAK SHEK KOK AND SIU CHIK SHA AND A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT NEAR SIU CHIK SHA.
THEY WILL BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE END OF 1986, IN TIME FOR THE FIRST INTAKE OF POPULATION FOR THE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE NOW BEING CONSTRUCTED AT JUNK BAY.
UNDER THE FIRST PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT, THE NEW TOWN WILL ACCOMMODATE AN INITIAL POPULATION OF 175 000.
THE JUNK BAY NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANNING AND UNDERTAKING THE PROJECTS.
LABOUR LAW OFFENDERS FINED
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FINES TOTALLING $562 000 WERE IMPOSED BY COURTS IN APRIL IN 578 CONVICTIONS FOR BREACHES OF LABOUR LAWS.
MOST OF THE CASES, BROUGHT BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, RELATED TO BREACHES OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE AND ITS VARIOUS SUBSIDIARY REGULATIONS, THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE, AND THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY) REGULATIONS.
THERE WERE 174 CASES CONCERNING VIOLATIONS OF SAFETY REGULATIONS, WITH $263 300 IN FINES. INCLUDED WERE 81 CASES (WITH $141 350 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS AND 27 CASES (WITH $57 200 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS.
AND 339 CASES RELATING TO BREACHES OF THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY) REGULATIONS RESULTED IN $250 350 IN FINES.
OF THE OTHER CONVICTIONS, 17 CASES RELATED TO FAILURE TO KEEP RECORD OF EMPLOYEES, LEADING TO $8 000 IN FINES.
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