SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 1990
'FLEXI DESIGN' PRIMARY SCHOOL FOR SHEK WU HUI
IN
WORK ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 'FLEXI DESIGN' PRIMARY SCHOOL
AWARD OF A $25.14 SHEK WU HUI, SHEUNG SHUI HAS BEGUN FOLLOWING THE MILLION CONTRACT BY THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
BUILDING
OF SITE
THE
WU HUI, THE LOCATED IN AREA 6, SHEK SCHOOL COVERS AN AREA OF ABOUT 6,800 SQUARE METRES.
TO ACCOMMODATE THE SCHOOL WILL COMPRISE A MAIN TEACHING BLOCK
COVERED PLAYGROUND, AN ASSEMBLY 30 CLASSROOMS AND SPECIAL ROOMS, A
STAFF INCLUDING COURT AND ANCILLARY BUILDINGS HALL, A BASKETBALL QUARTERS.
THE WORK IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN JULY NEXT YEAR.
CHILD EMPLOYMENT IN FACTORIES IS AN OFFENCE
то
EMPLOYERS ARE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION IF THEY EMPLOY CHILDREN
INDUSTRIAL
A UNDERTAKING,
LABOUR WORK IN AN
DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN
WARNED TODAY (SUNDAY).
THE WARNING CAME IN THE WAKE OF A RECENT COURT AN EMPLOYER WAS FINED $4,000 BY A KWUN TONG MAGISTRATE A CHILD IN HIS COMPUTER EMBROIDERY FACTORY.
FOUND
CASE IN WHICH FOR EMPLOYING
то ATTENDING THE 14-YEAR-OLD CHILD WAS MACHINE DURING AN INSPECTION BY LABOUR INSPECTORS.
"
ΤΟ "ACCORDING
THE
AN
EMBROIDERY
REGULATIONS,
NO
EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN
OF 15 IN ANY INDUSTRIAL PERSON SHALL EMPLOY A CHILD UNDER THE AGE
LABOUR UNDERTAKINGS," SAID SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER MRS TERESA LO OF THE DEPARTMENT.
EMPLOYED ONLY "A CHILD AGED 13 AND ABOVE MAY, HOWEVER, BE
IN NON-INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT SUBJECT TO PART-TIME JOBS IN
CERTAIN
RESTRICTIONS, SHE ADDED.
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ANYONE WHO EMPLOYS A CHILD LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $20,000.
IN AN
INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKING IS
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