TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1988
4
WORKING HOURS FOR WOMEN CLARIFIED
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A LABOUR CERTAIN PROVISIONS
DEPARTMENT
UNDER
SPOKESMAN TODAY
(TUESDAY)
CLARIFIED
THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1988 WHICH CAME INTO OPERATION ON FEBRUARY THIS YEAR.
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ORGANISATIONS IN ALLOWED WOMEN EMPLOYED
THIS FOLLOWS COMMENTS MADE BY SEVERAL LABOUR THE PRESS, IN PARTICULAR THE PROVISION WHICH IN INDUSTRY TO WORK UP TO 11 PM.
THIS PROVISION WAS NOT THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT FEATURE ADDED TO THE AMENDMENT REGULATIONS.
A NEW
"UNDER THE EXISTING REGULATIONS, WOMEN IN FACTORIES OPERATING A SHIFT SYSTEM MAY WORK UP TO 11 PM, HE SAID.
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"HOWEVER, WOMEN IN FACTORIES NOT OPERATING A SHIFT PREVENTED BY THE REGULATION FROM WORKING BEYOND 8 PM.
SYSTEM ARE
AS THE 8
PROCESS "DURING THE DRAFTING
THE ADMINISTRATION FORMED THE BEEN WELL-ACCEPTED AS FAR VIEW THAT SINCE THE 11 PM LIMIT HAD SHIFT-WORK IS CONCERNED, THERE IS NO LONGER ANY NEED TO RETAIN PM LIMIT FOR NON-SHIFT WOMEN WORKERS."
SHOULD HAVE
ΤΟ REFER
A
ONLY AS THIS WAS
A MINOR ADJUSTMENT WHICH MINIMAL EFFECT IN PRACTICE, IT WAS NOT CONSIDERED NECESSARY IT BACK TO THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD FOR ADVICE.
THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT THE PRESCRIBED THAT THE TOTAL HOURS WORKED ONE HOURS, INCLUDING OVERTIME.
NEW
REGULATIONS
STILL 10
DAY MUST NOT EXCEED
THE LATEST AS FOR YOUNG PERSONS BETWEEN THE AGE OF 15 AND 17,
UP TO 7 HOUR OF EMPLOYMENT REMAINS
PM AND THAT THEY ARE STILL PROHIBITED FROM WORKING OVERTIME.
CENTRAL ALLOCATION OF PRIMARY 1 PLACES
PARENTS OF CHILDREN
WHO HAVE
APPLIED
FOR A PUBLIC PRIMARY ONE PLACE BUT HAVE NOT SECURED A DISCRETIONARY PLACE
PRIMARY CENTRALLY ALLOCATED A PLACE IN A GOVERNMENT OR AIDED A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
SECTOR WILL BE SCHOOL,
UNIT
THEY WILL RECEIVE A LETTER FROM THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION
THEM TO GO ΤΟ A SPECIFIED OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT REQUESTING
"CHOICE OF SCHOOLS" FORM DISTRIBUTION/COLLECTION CENTRE TO COLLECT A
SCHOOLS IN THEIR OWN AND A LIST OF ALL GOVERMENT AND AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THIS MUST