THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1989
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LABOUR INSPECTORS ENDEAVOUR TO MEET CHALLENGES
ENDEAVOURING TO MEET THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S INSPECTORATE IS
AND OPPORTUNITIES ARISING THE CHALLENGES
FROM RECENT
AND SOCIAL ECONOMIC CHANGES WITH IMPROVED AND DIVERSIFIED SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC.
THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR TONY HAMMOND, SAID
WHEN OPENING THE NINTH RESIDENTIAL
(THURSDAY) INSPECTORATE.
SEMINAR
THIS TODAY OF THE
MR HAMMOND INSPECTORATE'S
EMPLOYMENT
NOTED
THAT THROUGH THE EFFORTS
82 TEAM, SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT
OFFENCES LAW
DETECTED DURING
OF
THE
PER INSPECTIONS
CENT OF
HAD
THE
BEEN
"THE TEAM HAS
INCLUDING
2,700
RECTIFIED BY THE EMPLOYERS CONCERNED.
INSPECTIONS ON VARIOUS GARMENT
SITES
AND
CONDUCTED SOME TRADES
RESTAURANTS, CONSTRUCTION FACTORIES SINCE IT WAS FORMED LAST YEAR, HE ADDED.
"THERE IS ALSO A FAVOURABLE
PUBLIC RESPONSE TO THE GENERAL IN JULY WHICH RECEIVED A LABOUR LEGISLATION AND
DAILY OTHER
UP ENQUIRY TELEPHONE SERVICE SET AVERAGE OF 200 TELEPHONE ENQUIRIES ON DEPARTMENTAL SERVICES, MR HAMMOND SAID.
"
THE TWO-DAY SEMINAR AT THE ATTENDED BY ABOUT 60 LABOUR INSPECTORS.
LE1 YUE
MUN HOLIDAY VILLAGE IS
EXCHANGE ABREAST
OPPORTUNITY FOR
THE
IT PROVIDES AN
то INSPECTORS EXPERIENCES AND VIEWS ON THEIR DAY TO DAY WORK AND KEEPS THEM OF THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN JOB-RELATED LEGISLATION.
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FEWER STUDENTS HURT IN SUMMER JOBS
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THERE HAVE BEEN FEWER
INDUSTRIAL
ACCIDENTS
INVOLVING NUMBER OF
SUMMER-JOB WORKERS IN RECENT YEARS DESPITE THE INCREASING STUDENTS JOINING THE LABOUR MARKET EVERY SUMMER.
BY THE
ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) LABOUR DEPARTMENT, ONLY 29 SUCH ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED THIS SUMMER, COMPARED WITH 35 IN 1988 AND 41 IN 1987.
USE PRINTING
AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, MOST OF THE ACCIDENTS RELATED TO THE OF MACHINERY (18 CASES), SUCH AS POWER PRESS, STUD PRESS AND MACHINE WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR EIGHT ACCIDENTS.
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