SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1991
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ACCOMPANYING MR BARCLAY ON THE PARADE WERE MORE THAN 20 EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF, WHO DISTRIBUTED TO PASSERS-BY SOUVENIRS CARRYING THE "GO TO VOTE" MESSAGE.
THE BUS PARADE STOPPED AT POPULAR LOCATTONS IN CHAI WAN, SHAU KEI WAN, NORTH POINT, HAPPY VALLEY AND CAUSEWAY BAY. THE PARADE WAS PART OF THE EASTERN AND WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICES' PUBLICITY EFFORT TO PROMOTE THE FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS.
THE TWO DISTRICT OFFICES HAVE PUT UP WINDOW DISPLAYS AND COLOURFUL BUNTING IN BUSY STREETS AND IN DENSELY POPULATED AREAS INCLUDING TAIKOO SHING KORNHILL, CHAI WAN ROAD, JAVA ROAD,
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HENNESSY ROAD, GLOUCESTER ROAD, QUEEN'S ROAD EAST, PATERSON STREET, STUBBS ROAD AND TAI HANG ROAD.
A SEVEN-DAY PARADE
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THERE WILL ALSO BE SPECIAL NEWSPAPER SUPPLEMENTS, EXHIBITION, A BROADCASTING VAN TOUR AND ANOTHER BUS POLLING DAY.
UNREPORTED OVERTIME WORK FOR WOMEN PROHIBITED
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THE LABOUR
DEPARTMENT TODAY
(SUNDAY) REMINDED FACTORY PROPRIETORS ABOUT ENGAGING WOMEN IN WORK OUTSIDE THEIR NORMAL. PERMITTED PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT.
"IT IS AN OFFENCE UNDER THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY) REGULATIONS FOR AN EMPLOYER TO CHANGE THE PRESCRIBED WORKING HOURS OF WOMEN IN INDUSTRY OR TO ENGAGE THEM IN OVERTIME WORK, WITHOUT NOTIFYING THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT BEFOREHAND, THE SENJOR LABOUR OFFICER (PROSECUTIONS), MR TSANG KIN-WOO, SAID.
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"THE LAW ALSO REQUIRES THE EMPLOYER TO DISPLAY IN A CONSPICUOUS PLACE IN THE FACTORY A PRESCRIBED NOTICE SETTING OUT THE PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT, INTERVALS FOR MEAL OR REST, AND REST DAYS FOR WOMEN WORKERS," HE SAID.
MR TSANG SAID EMPLOYERS SHOULD, THEREFORE, ADHERE STRICTLY TO THE PERMISSIBLE HOURS OF WORK SET OUT IN THE PRESCRIBED NOTICE.
HE NOTED THAT THE
CRESTA INDUSTRIES LTD IN KWUN TONG HAD RECENTLY BEEN GIVEN THE MAXIMUM FINE OF $10,000 FOR ENGAGING 35 WOMEN IN UNREPORTED OVERTIME WORK.
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ANOTHER GARMENT FACTORY, THE WELI, KNITTERS IN KWAI CHUNG, WAS FINED $5,000 LAST MONTH BY A TSUEN WAN MAGISTRATE FOR FAILING UP A NOTICE OF PERMISSIBLE HOURS OF WORK FOR ITS WOMEN WORKERS AT A PLACE CONVENIENTLY ACCESSIBLE TO THEM, HE SAID.
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