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SUNDAY, JULY 8, 1984
TO ALLOW EASY ACCESS FROM THE FERRY PIER AND SOUTH LANTAU ROAD, A 7.3-METRE-WIDE DUAL HIGHWAY BRIDGE WITH A FOOTPATH ON BOTH SIDES, TOGETHER WITH A PEDESTRIAN-CYCLE BRIDGE, WILL BE BUILT OVER THE MAIN RIVER CHANNEL.
ADDITIONAL ROADS AND DRAINS AND A SEWAGE PUMPING STATION WILL BE CONSTRUCTED TO COMPLETE THE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM,
THERE WILL ALSO BE AN EXTENSION OF THE SEAWALL AND RECLAMATION FURTHER SOUTHEAST OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK SECONDARY SCHOOL TO INCLUDE SITES FOR AN INCINERATOR, A SAND DEPOT AND A HELIPAD.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN SEPTEMBER AND TAKE TWO YEARS
TO COMPLETE.
TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT ARE BEING INVITED BY THE NEW
TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS AUGUST 3.
LABOUR LAW OFFENDERS FINED
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TOOK OUT 817 PROSECUTIONS FOR BREACHES OF LABOUR LAWS IN MAY.
OF THESE, 789 CASES RESULTED IN CONVICTION, WITH FINES TOTALLING $792 900.
MOST OF THE CASES 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 312 CASES CONCERNING VIOLATIONS OF SAFETY REGULATIONS, WITH $483 550 IN FINES. THEY INCLUDED 166 CASES (WITH $261 750 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAK INGS (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS AND 43 CASES (WITH $103 650 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS.
THERE WERE 405 CASES RELATING TO BREACHES OF THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY) REGULATIONS, WHICH RESULTED IN $254 930 IN FINES.
OF THE OTHER PROSECUTIONS, NINE CASES WERE RELATED TO FAILURE TO KEEP RECORD OF EMPLOYEES, LEADING TO $3 570 IN FINES.
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