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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1985
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WARNING ON OVERTIME WORK FOR WOMEN
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WARNED FACTORY
PROPRIETORS THAT IT WAS AN OFFENCE IN LAW TO EMPLOY WOMEN WORKERS TO WORK OVERTIME WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE.
THE WARNING FOLLOWED A RECENT COURT CASE IN WHICH THE OWNER OF AN ELECTRONICS FACTORY IN KWUN TONG WAS FINED A MAXIMUM $5 000 FOR EMPLOYING 14 WOMEN WORKERS IN OVERTIME WORK.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID UNDER THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY) REGULATIONS, AN EMPLOYER WHO INTENDED TO EMPLOY WOMEN WORKERS FOR OVERTIME WORK MUST POST AN OVERTIME NOTICE IN THE WORKPLACE BEFORE SUCH EMPLOYMENT BEGAN.
THE EMPLOYER MUST ALSO NOTIFY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR BEFOREHAND IF THE OVERTIME WORK WAS FOR WOMEN WORKERS WHOSE NORMAL DAILY WORKING HOURS WERE EIGHT HOURS.
UNDER THE REGULATIONS, NO EMPLOYER SHOULD EMPLOY ANY YOUNG PERSON IN OVERTIME IN AN INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKING, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
WONG TAI SIN ILLEGAL STRUCTURES CLEARED
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TWELVE ILLEGAL STRUCTURES ALONG THE PUBLIC PASSAGEWAY ON THE WEST SIDE OF NGA TSIN WAI VILLAGE, SAN PO KONG, WERE DEMOLISHED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE OPERATION.
THE STRUCTURES COMPRISED THREE SHOP STALLS, ONE CANOPY EXTENSION, A NUMBER OF FRONTYARD EXTENSIONS USED MAINLY FOR STORAGE AND PLANTING PURPOSES, AND A STRUCTURE USED FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES.
ABOUT $30 000 IN EX-GRATIA PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN PAID TO THE THREE COMMERCIAL OPERATORS. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT COMPENSATION HAD BEEN MADE IN WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT UNDER A NEW ARRANGEMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCES WHICH WAS INTRODUCED IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR.
UNDER THE ARRANGEMENT, CLEAREES OF STRUCTURES USED FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES ARE REHOUSED IN THE SHEUNG SHUI TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA.
TODAY'S OPERATION WAS INITIATED BY THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO PROVIDE AN UNOBSTRUCTED AND SAFER ACCESS TO NGA TSIN WAJ VILLAGE.
THE WORK WAS CARRIED OUT IN CO-ORDINATION WITH THE LANDS DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE, URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT OFFICE.
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