SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1986
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EMPLOYERS GIVEN REMINDER ON WORKING HOURS
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A LABOUR DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT FACTORY PROPRIETORS WHO EMPLOY WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS TO WORK OUTSIDE THEIR PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT RISK BEING PROSECUTED.
THIS FOLLOWED A RECENT COURT CASE N WHICH THE PROPRIETOR OF A PRINTING FACTORY WAS FINED $5 000 AY A MAGISTRATE FOR EMPLOYING 15 WOMEN OUTSIDE THEIR PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE FINE IMPOSED WAS THE MAXIMUM PENALTY UNDER THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS REGULATIONS.
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT IS THE PERIOD AS ENTERED IN THE NOTICE OF PERMISSIBLE HOURS OF WORK, INCLUDING THE INTERVALS ALLOWED FOR MEALS OR REST, WITHIN WHICH WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS MAY BE EMPLOYED ON THAT DAY.
+NO CHANGE SHOULD BE MADE UNLESS PRIOR WRITTEN NOTICE HAS BEEN SERVED ON THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR AND ANOTHER NOTICE POSTED ON THE PREMISES 48 HOURS BEFORE THE PROPOSED CHANGE IS TO COME INTO FORCE,+ HE SAID.
+ SUCH CHANGE SHOULD NOT BE MADE MORE THAN ONCE IN EVERY THREE MONTHS EXCEPT WITH SPECIAL PERMISSION IN WRITING BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR.+
THE SPOKESMAN CALLED ON THE PUBLIC TO MAKE USE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S HOTLINE 5-8152200 TO REPORT ANY BREACHES OF
THE REGULATIONS.
ALL COMPLAINTS WOULD BE HANDLED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND THE NAMES AND IDENTITY OF THE COMPLAINANTS WOULD NOT BE DISCLOSED IN THE COURSE OF INVESTIGATIONS.
ROYAL COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY ESSAY COMPETITION
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SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO WIN AN OVERSEAS TRIP, CASH AND BOOK PRIZES IN AN ESSAY COMPETITION ON TOPICS RELATING TO COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES AND STUDIES.
PRIZES IN THE ANNUAL ROYAL COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY ESSAY COMPETITION ARE OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY AND THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
/THE COMTETITION