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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1987
ON THE QUESTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH, MR JEAFFRESON SAID THAT RESTAURANTS IN CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS WERE EXEMPTED FROM THE REQUIREMENT TO OBTAIN A LICENCE.
BUT THEY WERE INSPECTED MONTHLY BY HEALTH INSPECTORS OF THE URBAN OR REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE THAT FOOD AND HYGIENE STANDARDS AND SANITARY CONDITIONS WERE ACCEPTABLE, HE SAID.
THE INSPECTORS WOULD ADVISE THE OPERATORS TO IMPROVE STANDARDS OR ABATE NUISANCES AS NECESSARY, MR JEAFFRESON SAID, ADDING THAT THE SECRETARY FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES CONSIDERED THESE CONTROLS WERF ADEQUATE.
REGULAR CHECKS TO COMBAT ILLEGAL EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN
REGULATIONS ON EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN ARE ENFORCED TO MAKE SURE THAT CHILDREN ARE NOT EMPLOYED ILLEGALLY, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON RON BRIDGE, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY { (WEDNESDAY).
REPLY ING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHAN YING-LUN ON THE EMPLOYMENT OF TEENAGERS IN 24-HOUR CONVENIENCE STORES, MR BRIDGE SAID THAT AFTER A SPECIAL ONE WEEK CHECKING OPERATION CONDUCTED A MONTH AGO, LABOUR INSPECTORS WERE OF THE IMPRESSION THAT THE MANAGEMENTS OF CONVENIENCE STORES WERE GENERALLY LAW-ABIDING.
MR BRIDGE SAID: "THE EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN REGULATIONS PERMIT A CHILD OF 13 TO 15 TO WORK ONLY IN NON-INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND ONLY BETWEEN 7 AM AND 7 PM.
"IF HE OR SHE HAS NOT YET COMPLETED SECONDARY III, THEIR EMPLOYMENT IS SUBJECT TO FURTHER SAFEGUARDS ΤΟ ENSURE THAT THEIR SCHOOLING IS NOT DISRUPTED.
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MR BRIDGE SAID IN THE FIRST 10 MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, LABOUR NSPECTORS MADE MORE THAN 23,000 VISITS TO THE KIND OF PLACES WHERE CHILDREN WERE LIKELY TO BE EMPLOYED ILLEGALLY. ONLY 24 CASES OF ILLEGAL EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN WERE FOUND.
HE ADDED THAT IN A SPECIAL ONE WEEK OPERATION CONDUCTED DURING DAYTIME, EVENING AND LATE AT NIGHT A MONTH AGO, INSPECTORS HAD VISITED 449 ESTABLISHMENTS WHICH WERE THE KIND OF PLACES FELT TO BE SPECIALLY AT RISK, INCLUDING 24-HOUR CONVENIENCE STORES.
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"IN THIS OPERATION, THE INSPECTORS FOUND FOUR CASES OF EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN, BUT NONE OF THEM IN CONVENIENCE STORES," SAID.
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