TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1986
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PUBLIC URGED TO CO-OPERATE WITH LABOUR INSPECTORS
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) CALLED ON THE PUBLIC TO CO-OPERATE WITH ITS OFFICERS CARRYING OUT THEIR DUTIES.
THIS APPEAL FOLLOWED A RECENT COURT CASE IN WHICH A WATCHMAN AT A GARMENT FACTORY WAS FINED $1 000 BY A SAN PO KONG MAGISTRATE FOR CAUSING OBSTRUCTION TO TWO LABOUR INSPECTORS.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE TWO INSPECTORS WENT TO THE FACTORY IN HUNG HOM TO INVESTIGATE SUSPECTED OFFENCES UNDER THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY) REGULATIONS.
THE DEFENDANT, UPON KNOWING THE IDENTITY OF THE INSPECTORS, DID NOT OPEN THE DOOR PROMPTLY BUT, INSTEAD, INFORVED THE WOMAN WORKERS INSIDE THE FACTORY TO LEAVE.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT ALL LABOUR INSPECTORS ARE AUTHORISED TO ENTER AND INSPECT, AT ALL REASONABLE TIMES, ANY PLACES OF EXPLOYMENT FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF LABOUR LEGISLATION,
+FACTORY PROPRIETORS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES SHOULD CO-OPERATE
WITH THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE,+ HE SAID.
UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE, ANY PERSON WHO OBSTRUCTS OR DELAYS AN AUTHORISED OFFICER IN THE EXERCISE OF HIS DUTIES COMMITS AN OFFENCE AND IS LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $5 000.
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HOME SECURITY SEMINAR FOR HOUSEWIVES
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ABOUT 150 HOUSEWIVES IN EASTERN DISTRICT WILL TAKE PART IN A SEMINAR ON HOME SECURITY AT WU KAI SHA YOUTH VILLAGE TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) MORNING.
THE SEMINAR IS PART OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES AND IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE EASTERN DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD, EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE AND EASTERN DISTRICT POLICE HEADQUARTERS.
TALKS ON HOME SECURITY MEASURES AND CIVIC OBLIGATIONS AND DUTIES AS A POLICE WITNESS WILL BE GIVEN BY POLICE OFFICERS, AND THE HOUSEWIVES WILL ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON FIGHTING CRIME.
THEY WILL ALSO VISIT THE +FIGHT CRIME YOUTH CAMP+ WHICH BEGAN TODAY (TUESDAY) AT WU KAI SHA YOUTH VILLAGE,
A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES INCLUDING LECTURES, GROUP DISCUSSIONS, AND A TELEMATCH HAVE BEEN ORGANISED FOR THE YOUNGSTERS DURING THE THREE-DAY CAMP WHICH AIMS AT SPREADING THE FIGHT CRIME MESSAGE.
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