SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1991
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FACTORIES REMINDED NOT TO EMPLOY CHILDREN
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (SUNDAY) REMINDED EMPLOYERS NOT TAKE ON CHILDREN IN INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS.
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THE APPEAL FOLLOWED A RECENT CASE
AT SHA TIN MAGISTRACY IN WHICH A GARMENT FACTORY WAS FINED $5,000 FOR EMPLOYING A CHILD.
"DURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION OF SISILI GARMENTS FACTORY LTD IN FO TAN, SHA TIN, LABOUR INSPECTORS FOUND A 13-YEAR-OLD CHILD PACKING SKI-JACKETS IN THE FACTORY, THE SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER (PROSECUTIONS), MR TSANG KIN-WOO, SAID.
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"ACCORDING TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN REGULATIONS, CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 15 MUST NOT BE EMPLOYED IN ANY INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKING, AND THOSE AGED BETWEEN 13 AND 14 MAY BE EMPLOYED ONLY FOR PART-TIME JOBS IN A NON-INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT SUBJECT то CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS, MR TSANG EXPLAINED.
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"ANY EMPLOYER WHO BREACHES THE PROVISIONS ON THE EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN IN INDUSTRY IS LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $20,000," HE SAID.
SHA TO OFFICIATE AT BUN FESTIVAL
FLOCK
THOUSANDS OF LOCAL AND OVERSEAS VISITORS ARE EXPECTED TO TO CHEUNG CHAU ON THURSDAY (MAY 23) TO SEE THE ISLANDERS ' GRAND PROCESSION TO CELEBRATE THE ANNUAL BUN FESTIVAL.
THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR PETER TSAO, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE FUNCTION ORGANISED BY THE CHEUNG CHAU RURAL COMMITTEE AND THE CHEUNG CHAU "TA CHIU" 1991 COMMITTEE.
THE TWO-HOUR PROCESSION, INVOLVING ABOUT 2,000 PEOPLE AND SEVERAL HUNDRED SCHOOL CHILDREN, WILL START AT 2 PM FROM PAK TRI TEMPLE AND ZIG-ZAG THROUGH THE BUSTLING ALLEYS TO FUNG SHUI LANE IN FRONT OF THE TIN HAU TEMPLE AT TAI SHEK HAU.
AFTER PERFORMING AT FUNG SHUI LANE, THE PROCESSION WILL MAKE A CIRCUIT OF CHEUNG CHAU TOWN AND RETURN TO PAK TEI TEMPLE.
THERE WILL BE 13 FLOATS, LION AND UNICORN DANCES, FLAG PARADES, CHINESE FOLK DANCES AND FESTIVAL MUSIC FEATURING DRUMS AND GONGS.
SHRINES OF DEITIES AND THE FAMED SWORD OF THE GOD, PAK TEI, WILL ALSO BE FEATURED.
/THE BUN