WEDNESDAY, JULY 18
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MORE EFFECTIVE ACTION AGAINST EMPLOYERS ESSENTIAL
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ALISTAIR THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON
ASPREY, SAID BELIEVED THAT MORE EFFECTIVE ACTION AGAINST EMPLOYERS IS ESSENTIAL COMBAT THE THREAT OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION
HE
TO
IN
FROM THE HON LEUNG WAI-TUNG
MR ASPREY COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THE LEGISLATIVE
SAID: "I EARLY NEXT SESSION THEREFORE INTEND TO SEEK THIS COUNCIL'S APPROVAL
PROSECUTION OF OF MEASURES TO FACILITATE THE
EMPLOYERS OF ILLEGAL PENALTIES MORE STRINGENT
FOR EMPLOYERS IMMIGRANTS, AND TO PROVIDE CONVICTED OF THIS SERIOUS AND IRRESPONSIBLE OFFENCE.
"
EMPLOYER OF
HE NOTED THAT THE SUB-CONTRACTING SYSTEM USED ON CONSTRUCTION
THE TO IDENTIFY SITES MADE IT DIFFICULT IN MOST CASES ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FOUND WORKING ON SUCH SITES.
"
"AS A RESULT, IT HAS USUALLY NOT BEEN POSSIBLE
AGAINST PROSECUTIONS
EMPLOYERS IN SUCH
DESPITE CASES, POLICE ENQUIRIES, HE SAID.
TO BRING EXTENSIVE.
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WERE NORMALLY RELUCTANT
TO
IDENTIFY THEIR
EMPLOYER, MR ASPREY ADDED.
PLANS AND MEASURES TO SOLVE FLOODING PROBLEMS OUTLINED
AND CONTINGENCY PROBLEMS IN THE NEW
THE GOVERNMENT HAS BOTH LONG-TERM STRATEGIES MEASURES TO PREVENT
SOLVE THE FLOODING AND TERRITORIES DURING THE RAINY SEASON.
AND THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT
COUNCIL TODAY LEGISLATIVE THE LANDS, THE HON GRAHAM BARNES, IN (WEDNESDAY).
MR BARNES REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON CHEUNG YAN-LUNG,
CONSTRUCTION OF SAID THE LONG TERM STRUCTURAL MEASURES INCLUDED THE
CHANNELS AND PROVIDING NEW DRAINAGE CHANNELS, IMPROVING EXISTING PROTECTIVE WORKS AND FLOOD PUMPING STATION IN VILLAGES WHICH WERE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE LOCATIONS.
AT
COST of
FOR
HE NOTED THAT THESE PROJECTS, WITH A TOTAL ESTIMATED SOME $6 BILLION, HAD BEEN INCLUDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES THE TUEN MUN, NORTH WEST AND NORTH EAST DEVELOPMENT OFFICES.
AND WORKS IMPLEMENTED OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL YEARS," HE SAID,
ARE
AND MAJOR
DIFFICULT
CAN ONLY BE
"THESE
"ALSO BECAUSE OF THE TERRAIN, MOST OF THESE AREAS ARE NOT AFFECTED BY RAINFALL BUT ALSO BY TIDE AND STORM SURGES.
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