SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1991
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EMPLOYMENT OF CHILD WORKERS AN OFFENCE
THAT
PARTICULARLY
IN
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) REMINDED EMPLOYERS THEY SHOULD NOT ILLEGALLY
ON CHILD WORKERS, INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS.
TAKE
DURING TWO RECENT TERRITORY-WIDE OPERATIONS, THE DEPARTMENT FOUND 21 FACTORIES ILLEGALLY EMPLOYING 24 CHILDREN AGED BELOW 15, TWO NON-INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS EMPLOYING TWO 13.
CHILDREN
AND
AGED BELOW
MR INSPECTION),
CHAN THE EMPLOYMENT OF AGE OF 15 IN AN
THE SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER (LABOUR KWOK-KUEN, EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS AN OFFENCE UNDER CHILDREN REGULATIONS TO EMPLOY CHILDREN UNDER THE INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKING.
"AS FOR NON-INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS, THE LAW PROVIDES THAT ON A PART-TIME ONLY CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN 13 AND 14 MAY BE EMPLOYED BASIS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS," MR CHAN SAID.
TO
STUDENTS
SEEKING
SUMMER
"EMPLOYERS SHOULD, THEREFORE, BE MINDFUL OF THE REQUIREMENT PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY OFFER EMPLOYMENT JOBS, HE STRESSED.
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THE TWO OPERATIONS MOUNTED ON JULY 7,529 INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS AND IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE TERRITORY.
408
30 AND AUGUST 6 NON-INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTB
COVERED
DEPARTMENT WITH A CHILD'S
TO
T
MR
"THE OPERATIONS WERE A MAJOR EXERCISE BY THE PREVENT ILLEGAL CHILD EMPLOYMENT WHICH MAY INTERFERE SCHOOLING AND WHICH MAY POSE POSSIBLE SAFETY AND HEALTH PROBLEMS, CHAN SAID.
"ANY EMPLOYER WHO BREACHES THE PROVISIONS ON CHILD EMPLOYMENT MAY BE FINED UP TO $20,000, HE SAID.
LEGCO ELECTION FORUMS GO ON AIR
THE ELECTORS OF HONG KONG ISLAND EAST CONSTITUENCY FOR THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS CAN HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR CANDIDATES AT AN ELECTION FORUM TO BE HELD AT THE NORTH POINT FERRY PIER ON MONDAY (AUGUST 19) MORNING.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION (CNTA) SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT THE FORUM WOULD START OFF A SKRIES OF FORUMS TO BE HELD IN THE FOLLOWING DAYS FOR EACH OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES.
"THE FORUMS,
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