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"OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO DETAIN AS FEW CHILDREN AS POSSIBLE.
"BUT IN PRACTICE, MANY MOTHERS WISH TO KEEP THEIR YOUNG CHILDREN WITH THEM, PARTICULARLY IN THE CASE OF VERY YOUNG INFANTS," MR ASPREY ADDED.
HE NOTED THAT MOTHERS WHO HAD BEEN IMMIGRANTS WERE ANOTHER MATTER.
ARRESTED AS ILLEGAL
"THEY ARE NOT INNOCENT PARTIES. THEY HAVE DELIBERATELY BROKEN THE LAW, EVADED OUR IMMIGRATION CONTROLS AND MAY HAVE LIVED ILLEGALLY IN HONG KONG FOR A SUBSTANTIAL PERIOD OF TIME, SOMETIMES MANY YEARS.
"IF RELEASED, THEY MAY WELL SEEK TO GO INTO HIDING AGAIN. THEY THEREFORE USUALLY BE DETAINED PENDING REPATRIATION,
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HE
WILL
EXPLAINED.
11 SETS OF REGULATIONS GOVERN PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
SAFETY AND HEALTH THERE ARE AT PRESENT 11 SETS OF INDUSTRIAL
PROTECTIVE REGULATIONS THAT SPECIFY THE PROVISION AND USE OF PERSONAL
AND MANPOWER, THE HON K.Y. EQUIPMENT, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION YEUNG, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
TAM YIU-CHUNG,
MR
YEUNG INDUSTRIAL
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON SAID THESE REGULATIONS COVERED ALL AREAS OF WORK WHERE THE PROCESSES INVOLVED REQUIRED THE USE OF SUITABLE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
"TO THIS EXTENT IT CANNOT BE SAID THAT THE RANGE OF SAFETY LEGISLATION IS INADEQUATE," HE SAID.
ON MR TAM'S QUESTION ABOUT THE GUIDELINES FOR SAFETY STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS, MR YEUNG SAID THE UNITED KINGDOM APPROACH IN DOWN BROAD PRINCIPLES, THERE WERE CODES THE SAFE PROCEDURES, EQUIPMENT STANDARDS AND THE RANGE VARIATIONS.
INDUSTRIAL
THE EQUIPMENT'S KONG FOLLOWED
THAT WHILE SAFETY LEGISLATION LAID OF PRACTICE WHICH OUTLINED OF ACCEPTABLE
PRACTICE HAD
IN THE AREA OF PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, 19 CODES OF ALREADY BEEN INTRODUCED AND MORE WERE BEING DEVELOPED, HE SAID.
WHICH
MR YEUNG SAID ELABORATING ON THE ADEQUACY OF THE PROTECTION,
WITH DEALT REGULATIONS,
HIGH RISK FIVE OF THE 11 SETS OF
TO BE APPROVED OPERATIONS, REQUIRED THE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT EITHER
SPECIFICATIONS TO MEET THE
LAID BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR OR DOWN IN THE REGULATIONS OR CODES OF PRACTICE.
"THE
REMAINING
SIX SETS
BE
OF REGULATIONS
TO SUITABLE
THE
SPECIFY THAT WORK
OR
THE ACTIVITY
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT SHOULD
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INVOLVED, HE ADDED.
/"HOWEVER, HE
: