SUNDAY, JULY 29, 1990
WARD STEWARDS WORK A FIVE-AND-A-HALF-DAY WEEK FOR A DAY BETWEEN 8 AN 6 PM.
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EIGHT HOURS
"NEW RECRUITS GO THROUGH A SIX-DAY INDUCTION PROGRAMME THEY START TO WORK IN THE WARDS. THE PROGRAMME AIMS TO BRIEF
THE WARD THEIR DUTIES AND TO FAMILIARISE THEM WITH SPOKESMAN SAID.
BEFORE THEM ON
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THE
SITUATION,
45 YEARS ALL PERSONS BELOW
OF AGE WHO CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION WITH FIVE PASSES AND SPEAK
JOB. THE CAN APPLY FOR THE
FIVE PASSES INCLUDE
(SYLLABUS A).
COMPLAINTS ABOUT INACCURATE WEIGHING AND MEASURING INSTRUMENTS INCREASED
KONG
HONG HOLD A
FLUENT CANTONESE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT
HAS PROSECUTED 27 TRADERS INTO
FOR OFFENCES UNDER THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ORDINANCE WHICH CAME EFFECT ON JANUARY 1, 1989.
A TOTAL FINE OF $63,050 ALSO SERVED ON 37 TRADERS.
WAS IMPOSED.
WRITTEN
WARNINGS
WERE
THE DEPARTMENT'S TRADING WONG, SAID CUSTOMERS HAD ΤΟ REPORT MALPRACTICES CONCERNING
PRINCIPAL TRADE CONTROLS OFFICER OF STANDARDS INVESTIGATION BUREAU, MR ANDREW BECOME MORE AWARE OF THEIR RIGHT WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT HE SAID THIS WAS REFLECTED IN THE NUMBER
GIVING TRADERS USING INACCURATE WEIGHING AND MEASURING INSTRUMENTS OR
JANUARY TO 22 IN JUNE SHORT WEIGHT, WHICH HAS GONE UP FROM SIX IN THIS YEAR.
MONTHS LAST YEAR,
"WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 106 COMPLAINTS IN THE FIRST SIX OF THIS YEAR, COMPARED TO ONLY 47 DURING THE SAME PERIOD HE SAID.
ON JANUARY
HAD SO FAR RECEIVED 200 COMPLAINTS HE SAID THE DEPARTMENT SINCE THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ORDINANCE CAME INTO EFFECT 1, 1989.
COMPLAINTS,
64 WERE
SUBSTANTIATED,
93
WERE
NOT
"OF THESE SUBSTANTIATED AND THE OTHERS ARE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
THE
IN THE
COMPLAINTS, INTO APART FROM CONDUCTING ENQUIRIES DEPARTMENT CARRIED OUT 343 SPOT CHECKS IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS
SAME PERIOD.
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