SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 1988
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THE SPOKESMAN REITERATED THAT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WOULD REGULAR CHECKS TO SEE IF THE EMPLOYERS HAD COMPLIED WITH THE LAW.
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LAST YEAR, SOME 130 PROSECUTIONS AGAINST EMPLOYERS WERE MADE BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT UNDER VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE'S COMPENSATION ORDINANCE RESULTING IN A TOTAL FINE OF $126,800.
OF THE CASES, 108 RELATED TO FAILURE TO TAKE OUT INSURANCE POLICIES, 11 CONCERNED FAILURE TO DISPLAY THE INSURANCE POLICIES, AND THE REST INVOLVED FAILURE TO PRODUCE INSURANCE POLICIES FOR INSPECTIONS.
FURTHER ENQUIRIES ON MATTERS RELATING TO EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION DIVISION OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT ON 5-8524030.
TOWN PLANNER RETIRES AFTER 27 YEARS
THE MAN WHO COULD CLAIM SOME SHARE OF THE CREDIT FOR THE SUCCESS OF OUR NEW TOWNS RETIRED LAST WEEK AS THE PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT TOWN PLANNER.
DR J.M. WIGGLESWORTH, WHO FIRST QUALIFIED AS AN ARCHITECT AND DECIDED HE COULD NOT BE GOOD AT IT BECAUSE I WAS NOT A GOOD BUSINESSMAN A NECESSARY ATTRIBUTE TO GET JOBS" BEFORE QUALIFYING AS A TOWN PLANNER, WAS PLEASED AT THE CAREER OPPORTUNITY OFFERED HIM IN 1961 BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
HE RECALLED: "THE MOST IMPORTANT THING GOING FOR A TOWN PLANNER HERE WAS THAT WE HAVE A STRONG CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND UNLIKE IN UK, TOWN PLANNING HERE WAS NOT INFLUENCED BY LOCAL POLITICS."
"NEVERTHELESS, WE MUST NOT BE TOO AUTOCRATIC IN OUR APPROACH IN A AND MINDLESSLY TRY TO IMPOSE WESTERN STANDARDS OF TOWN PLANNING COMMUNITY WHICH HAS DIFFERENT CULTURAL VALUES AND PRIORITIES.
"WE CANNOT, FOR EXAMPLE, IGNORE THE ECONOMIC ANGLE BY
OF OUTLAWING ALL MANUFACTURING ACTIVITIES IN CERTAIN PARTS PURELY TO FIT IN WITH AN IDEAL GRAND TOWN PLANNING SCHEME.
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"BY THE SAME TOKEN, BY NECESSITY IF NOT BY CULTURAL UPBRINGING, WE CANNOT ARBITRARILY IMPOSE SIMILAR WESTERN STANDARDS OF NOISE POLLUTION AND TRAFFIC FLOW CONTROLS WHICH COULD ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES," HE SAID.
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