WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1989
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BILL TIGHTENS LAW AGAINST ILLEGAL EMPLOYMENT
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HOLDERS OF TWO-WAY LAWFULLY EMPLOYABLE COUNCIL TODAY LEGISLATIVE SECURITY, THE HON ALISTAIR
ΤΟ MAKE IT CLEAR THAT A BILL SEEKING PERMITS ISSUED BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT ARE NOT
KONG WAS
THE INTRODUCED INTO IN HONG (WEDNESDAY) BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR ASPREY.
(AMENDMENT} BILL
FACILITATE PROSECUTIONS
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE IMMIGRATION 1989, MR ASPREY SAID THE BILL ALSO SOUGHT TO AGAINST THOSE WHO EMPLOYED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
IMMIGRANTS HAD
THIS WAS IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT SOME ILLEGAL SUCCEEDED IN OBTAINING EMPLOYMENT DURING THEIR STAY IN HONG KONG.
EXPLAINING THE BILL'S PROVISIONS, MR ASPREY SAID IN
ILLEGAL 4,500
IMMIGRANTS FOUR MONTHS OF THIS YEAR NEARLY ARRESTED, AN AVERAGE OF 38 A DAY.
THE FIRST HAD BELN
INSPECTORS "CLAUSE FOUR OF THE BILL MAKES IT CLEAR THAT LABOUR
PRODUCE FOR INSPECTION HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE AN EMPLOYER TO THE RECORD OF HIS EMPLOYEES, HE SAID.
IS EMPLOYER
EMPLOYED
ILLEGAL EVIDENCE TO
"IF THE
SUSPECTED OF HAVING IMMIGRANTS, LABOUR INSPECTORS WILL BE EMPOWERED TO SEIZE SUBSTANTIATE THIS, SUCH AS THE RECORD OF EMPLOYEES.
"THE EMPLOYER WILL BE ENTITLED RETENTION. AND WILL RECORD FOR HIS ORIGINAL.
"
TO TAKE A
OF PHOTOCOPY BE GIVEN A RECEIPT FOR
THE
THE
DURING THE INSPECTION OF A ENABLE A LABOUR
IF THE EMPLOYER WAS NOT PRESENT PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT, CLAUSE FIVE OF THE BILL WOULD
PRODUCTION OF THE RECORDS WITHIN INSPECTOR TO REQUIRE NOTICE IN WRITING SERVED ON THE EMPLOYER.
72 HOURS BY
BY MEANS
OF
THE BILL WOULD MR ASPREY WENT ON TO SAY THAT CLAUSE THREE of
PERSON WAS NOT LAWFULLY EMPLOYABLE ENABLE EVIDENCE THAT A BROUGHT
A CERTIFICATE IMMIGRATION.
SIGNED
BY THE
DIRECTOR
TO BE OF
FOR
"THIS WILL AVOID THE NEED IMMIGRANTS SIMPLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF BROUGHT AGAINST AN EMPLOYER, HE SAID.
"
OF DETENTION
ILLEGAL BE
LENGTHY ENABLING A PROSECUTION TO
TWO-WAY PERMITS ISSUED BY KONG WAS
THE CLARIFICATION THAT HOLDERS OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WERE NOT LAWFULLY EMPLOYABLE IN HONG MADE IN CLAUSE TWO, HE ADDED.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
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