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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1991 .
AS REGARDS THE SPECIFIC CASE INVOLVING 18 IMPORTED WORKERS WHO ALLEGED THAT THEIR WAGES HAD BEEN UNDERPAID AND THAT THEY HAD BEEN UNREASONABLY DISMISSED, MR CHAN SAID FOUR OF THE WORKERS HAD DECIDED TO TAKE THEIR CASE TO THE LABOUR TRIBUNAL FOR ADJUDICATION WHILE THE REMAINDER HAD DECIDED NOT TO PURSUE THEIR CLAIMS.
WHILE THE LABOUR TRIBUNAL HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 11 THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IS TAKING SEPARATE ACTION TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER THE EMPLOYER CONCERNED HAS CONTRAVENED THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE.
"IT IS NOT POSSIBLE AT THIS STAGE TO PREDICT HOW LONG INVESTIGATIONS WILL TAKE. THEY ARE, HOWEVER, BRING UNDERTAKEN MATTER OF URGENCY, HE SAID.
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ALL EFFORTS DONE TO PREVENT WEAPON-MAKING IN VM'S CAMPS
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GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE CAMPS FOR VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS AND OVERCROWDED CONDITIONS THERE, CAMP MANAGEMENTS ARE DOING ALL THEY TO PREVENT THE MAKING OF WEAPONS, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, ALISTAIR ASPRRY, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LAU WONG-FAT, MR ASPREY SAID PAST EXPERIENCE SHOWED THAT WEAPONS WERE MADE WITHIN THE CENTRES AND NOT OBTAINED FROM OUTSIDE.
HE SAID THEY WERE MANUFACTURED FROM METAL OR OTHER HARD FIXTURES AND FITTINGS IN THE CENTRES, SUCH AS RAILINGS FROM THE BUNK BEDS, ELECTRICAL WIRE TUBING, WATER PIPES, WINDOW FRAMES AND WINDOW BARS. THE WORK WAS CARRIED OUT MOSTLY AT NIGHT.
HE EXPLAINED THAT AS DORMITORIES IN THE CENTRES WERE CONGESTED WITH BUNKS AND THE PERSONAL BELONGINGS OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS, IT WAS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY THE OWNERS OF ANY WEAPONS DISCOVERED.
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"NEVERTHELESS, WHENEVER SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE IS AVAILABLE ΤΟ SUPPORT A PROSECUTION, CHARGES ARE BROUGHT AGAINST THE OFFENDERS, SAID.
THE SECRETARY SAID WEAPONS WERE PRODUCED PRIMARILY THE FACTIONAL RIVALRIES IN THE DETENTION CENTRES.
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"WE TRY AS FAR AS POSSIBLE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ORIGIN AND TO KEEP DIFFERENT REGIONAL GROUPS APART IN AN ATTEMPT ΤΟ MINIMISE THESE FACTIONAL RIVALRIES, THE SECRETARY SAID.
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HOWEVER, HE POINTED OUT THAT BETWEEN DIFFERENT LOCAL GROUPS OR SIMPLY THE SAME AREA.
DISPUTES ALSO OFTEN AROUSE BETWEEN GANGS FROM WITHIN
MR ASPREY SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS ALSO TRYING TO REDUCE THE RAW MATERIALS AVAILABLE FOR PRODUCTION OF WEAPONS.
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