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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1991
"BESIDES, THEY WILL EQUALLY BE CLOSER TO OUR DEAREST
BRETHREN
OF SOUTH AMERICA. IN THE SAME WAY, THE PLANES THAT TOOK OFF IN THE GALEAO, AT THE INCOMPARABLE BAY OF GUANABARA, WILL BE BRINGING MORE RAPIDLY OUR EXPORTS TO THE TERRITORY AND ITS NEAREST COUNTRIES," MR CARRILHO SAID.
THE HONG KONG/BRAZIL AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT IS THE EIGHTH IN A SERIES OF AIR SERVICES AGREEMENTS WHICH HONG KONG, ACTING UNDER SPECIFIC AUTHORISATIONS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM, AIMS TO CONCLUDE
IN THE COMING YEARS. OTHERS HAVE BEEN SIGNED WITH THE NETHERLANDS, SWITZERLAND, CANADA, BRUNEI, FRANCE, NEW ZEALAND AND MALAYSIA.
THESE AGREEMENTS ARE DESIGNED WITH THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION IN MIND AND ARE CAPABLE of REMAINING IN FORCE AFTER 1997.
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE JOINT DECLARATION ITSELF, THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION WILL BE ABLE, AFTER 1997, To CONCLUDE, UNDER SPECIFIC AUTHORISATIONS FROM THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, ITS OWN AIR SERVICES AGREEMENTS SEPARATE FROM THOSE OF CHINA.
EXPLOITED IMPORTED WORKERS WILL GET HELP
LABOUR
IMPORTED THE SIX
WORKERS WHO WERE FOUND UNDERPAID BY A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY DURING THE
DEPARTMENT'S (THURSDAY) NIGHT, RECEIVED WAGES WELL BELOW THE THEIR EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS.
THEY RECEIVED ONLY $4,000 TO $8,000 A MONTH ONLY A PORTION OF THE CONTRACTUAL WAGES OF $10,500 WORKER WAS NOT PAID ANY WAGES AT ALL IN HONG KONG.
EMPLOYMENT THE FULL ASSISTANT
"THIS IS A SERIOUS BREACH OF THE REQUIRES AN EMPLOYER TO PAY HIS EMPLOYER STATED IN THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, LABOUR, MR MAK SAI-YIU, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
AN
OPERATION LAST AMOUNT STATED IN
WHICH REPRESENTED ΤΟ $13,000. ONE
ORDINANCE WHICH AMOUNT OF WAGBS COMMISSIONER FOR
"ANY ILLEGAL DEDUCTION OF WAGES OR UNDERPAYMENT OF WAGES TO AN IMPORTED WORKER CONSTITUTES AN OFFENCE WHICH CARRIES A MAXIMUM FINE OF $20,000," MR MAK SAID.
"THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATE CASES AND, WHERE THERE IS EVIDENCE, WILL TAKE OUT AGAINST THE EMPLOYER," HE ADDED.
MR MAK REASSURED THAT IMPORTED WORKERS EXPLOITED BY WOULD BE OFFERED ASSISTANCE.
INTO THESE PROSECUTION
EMPLOYERS
/"SHOULD THEY