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WHICH "FOR 1989-90. OUT OF THE 162 NEW SERVICE UNITS
TERRITORIES. THIS WILL ESTABLISHED. 84 WILL BE IN THE NEW THE WORKLOAD AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE REGIONAL OFFICER.
BURDEN "THE NEW ARRANGEMENT IS TO ALLEVIATE THE HEAVY
ΤΟ TAKE BETTER CARE OF EXISTING REGIONAL OFFICER (NT) AND EXPANSION OF WELFARE SERVICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
WILL BE INCREASE
OF THE FUTURE
DEVOTE THE
"IT WILL ALSO ENABLE THE CONCERNED REGIONAL OFFICERS TO ADEQUATE
DEVELOPMENT. ATTENTION TO COMMUNITY NEEDS AND
BY THE DEPARTMENT CO-ORDINATION AND MONITORING OF SERVICES PROVIDED
SO THAT SOCIAL WELFARE AND SUBVENTED AGENCIES IN THEIR OWN REGION. POLICIES AS WELL AS DEPARTMENTAL OBJECTIVES ARE ACHIEVED.
HEAVIER FINES IMPOSED ON LABOUR OFFENDERS
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HAVE TO PAY MORE FOR THEIR OFFENDERS NOW LABOUR LAW
FOR BREACHES WRONGDOINGS AS HEAVIER FINES WERE IMPOSED BY THE COURTS OF LABOUR LEGISLATIONS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR.
AVERAGE FINE IN AN INCREASE OF
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LABOUR DEPARTMENT STATISTICS SHOWED THAT THE LABOUR PROSECUTIONS DURING THE PERIOD WAS $3,353, PER CENT OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
BROUGHT 2,273 CASES TO
UP TO JUNE THIS YEAR, THE DEPARTMENT THE COURTS, OF WHICH 2,226 CASES LED TO CONVICTIONS, AND RESULTING TOTAL FINES OF $7.43 MILLION.
SIGNIFICANT
INCREASE
"THIS REPRESENTED A PROSECUTIONS AND $5.56 MILLION FINES IMPOSED 1988," A LABOUR DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
OF
IMPOSING
HEAVIER
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OVER THE 1.983 IN THE FIRST HALF OF
FINES WILL CERTAINLY MAKE "THE TREND
1 HE ADDED. EMPLOYERS TAKE WORKERS' SAFETY AND WELFARE MORE SERIOUSLY,
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO NOTED THAT MORE THAN CONVICTED CASES IN OFFENCES.
THE PERIOD
WERL
RELATED
57 PER CENT OF THE SAFETY то INDUSTRIAL
848
UNDERTAKINGS RELATED TO
AMOUNTING
THE ΤΟ
OF THE CONVICTED CASES IN WHICH CONVICTIONS WERE RECORDED, CONCERNED BREACHES OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL
AND REGULATIONS
424 SUBSIDIARY ORDINANCE AND ITS
REGULATIONS, WITH FINES (SAFETY) CONSTRUCTION SITES $3.09 MILLION AND $2.92 MILLION RESPECTIVELY.
THERE WERE