WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1990
THAT
BILL BY
REPLYING TO POINTS RAISED BY MEMBERS, MR ASPREY EXPLAINED THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSED TO MONITOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE REFERENCE TO THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARRESTED, PROSECUTED AND IMPRISONED, AND TO REVIEW WHERE IT STOOD IN SIX MONTHS' TIME.
"IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT IT WOULD BE DESIRABLE TO REDUCE THE UNLAWFULLY MAXIMUM SENTENCE FOR THE OFFENCE OF ENTERING AND REMAINING IN HONG KONG, PARTICULARLY FOR FIRST OFFENDERS. AND THAT IT WOULD ALSO BE DESIRABLE NOT TO PROSECUTE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS OR CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FOUND AT PLACES OF WORK.
"THESE AND OTHER MATTERS CAN BE REVIEWED THEN.
"BUT WE MUST BE CAREFUL NOT TO SEND THE
SAID.
WRONG MESSAGE, HE
HE AGREED WITH THE HON JIMMY MCGREGOR AND THE HON ELSIE TU THAT THERE WAS A NEED, FOR THE PRESENT AT LEAST, TO IMPORT LABOUR INTO HONG KONG.
"BUT
I
THAT
THIS
MUST
BE
OF THE EXPLOITATION,
IMMIGRATION BELIEVE STRONGLY CONTROLLED IN THE INTEREST OF ALL, INCLUDING IN THE INTEREST WORKERS THEMSELVES SO AS TO REDUCE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MR ASPREY SAID.
CHARGE OF
WERE
TURNING TO MEASURES WHICH EMPLOYERS, AND THOSE IN CONSTRUCTION SITES SHOULD TAKE TO ENSURE THAT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS NOT EMPLOYED ON THEIR PREMISES, MR ASPREY EXPLAINED THAT THE AMENDMENT
FOR EMPLOYERS WHERE DEFENCE
ALL 17 I TO SECTION
NOW PROVIDED A
EMPLOYER HAD PRACTICABLE STEPS HAD BEEN TAKEN TO DETERMINE THAT THE LAWFULLY BEEN EMPLOYABLE.
"A
IS
CONTROLLER ADDED.
ΤΟ A SIMILAR DEFENCE
CHARGED WITH AN OFFENCE UNDER THE NEW
AVAILABLE
SITE CONSTRUCTION
SECTION 38A, HE
"
MR
GUIDELINES STEPS".
"THE
THAT DETAILED PRACTICABLE
ASPREY SAID SEVERAL MEMBERS HAD REQUESTED
WHAT
"ALL CONSTITUTED BE
DOWN AS TO LAID
ΤΟ
VARY FROM INDUSTRY BE TAKEN WILL STEPS THAT CAN
TO CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, FACTORY TO FACTORY AND CONSTRUCTION SITE SITE.
"IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SPECIFY ALL PRACTICABLE STEPS THAT WOULD
MR ASPREY SAID. BE APPLICABLE IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES,
H
DETAILS
HE ADDED THAT SUCH MEASURES COULD INCLUDE CHECKING THE
OR OTHER FORM OF OF THE IDENTITY CARD OF A POTENTIAL EMPLOYEE, IDENTIFICATION; TO INSTITUTE CHECKS ON SITE AT RANDOM TIMES; MAKE IT A CONDITION OF ENTRY TO A SITE, FACTORY OR OTHER THAT A PERSON HAD TO IDENTIFY HIMSELF.
AND TO WORK PLACE
/"PRACTICAL ADVICE
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