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SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, 1984
LABOUR LAW OFFENDERS FINED
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LAST MONTH, FINES TOTALLING $573 200 WERE IMPOSED BY COURTS ON 485 CASES OF LABOUR LAW VIOLATIONS.
THESE CONVICTIONS WERE AMONG THE 508 PROSECUTIONS BROUGHT BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IN CONNECTION WITH LABOUR LAWS.
MOST OF THE CONVICTIONS 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 207 CONVICTIONS FOR VIOLATIONS OF SAFETY REGULATIONS, WITH $367 050 IN FINES. INCLUDED WERE 99 CASES (WITH $163 800 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS AND 35 CASES (WITH $113 450 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS.
THERE WERE 230 CONVICTIONS FOR BREACHES OF THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY) REGULATIONS, RESULTING IN $173 200 IN FINES.
OF THE OTHER PROSECUTIONS, FOUR CASES WERE RELATED TO FAILURE TO KEEP RECORD OF EMPLOYEES, LEADING TO $1 850 IN FINES.
TWO NT MARKETS OPEN NEXT MONTH
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TWO NEW MARKETS WILL BE OPENED NEXT MONTH AT YUEN LONG AND SHAM
TSENG.
THEY ARE THE TAI KIU MARKET IN YUEN LONG AND SHAM TSENG TEMPORARY MARKET AT TSUEN WAN.
TAI KIU MARKET IS LOCATED ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE 15-STOREY YUEN LONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE BUILDING AT SAU FU STREET IN THE CENTRE OF THE NEW TOWN. OCCUPYING A FLOOR AREA OF ABOUT 4 300 SQUARE METRES, THE MARKET PROVIDES SPACE FOR 422 STALLS 100 FOR MEAT, FISH AND POULTRY, AND THE REST FOR VEGETABLES, FRUITS, GROCERY AND HABERDASHERY.
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