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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1991
BEING
GIVEN TO
FURTHER STATUTORY MOTOR VEHICLES AS WELL AS
HE SAID CONSIDERATION WAS CONTROLS ON THE MAINTENANCE AND USE OF MEASURES TO CONTROL DUST FROM CONSTRUCTION SITES.
ΤΟ
MR BARNES SAID STEPS WERE BEING TAKEN THROUGH TOWN PLANNING
FACTORY AS ENSURE THAT IN THE FUTURE
POLLUTERS SUCH SIGNIFICANT
WERE NOT PERMITTED TO BE BUILDINGS, BUS DEPOTS OR CONTAINER PARKS BUILT CLOSE TO SENSITIVE RECEIVERS SUCH THAT SENSITIVE USES WERE NOT PERMITTED TO BE BUILT CLOSE POLLUTERS.
AS RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS, AND
TO EXISTING
'TWO-WEEK RULE' NOT CHALLENGED FOR CONTRAVENING BILL OF RIGHTS
FOREIGN DOMESTIC EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT
THE PRESENT "TWO-WEEK RULE" WHICH LIMITS A HELPER'S STAY IN HONG KONG AFTER TERMINATION OF HAS NOT BEEN CHALLENGED IN COURT FOR CONTRAVENING THE BILL OF RIGHTS.
THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON ALISTAIR ASPREY, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
INFORMED
IN
ASPREY THAT
A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON SAID THE RULE WAS CHALLENGED IN COURT IN 1987 ON IT WAS ULTRA VIRES THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE; BUT THE WAS DISMISSED.
ELSIE
TU,
MR.
THE
GROUNDS CHALLENGE
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE RULE WAS INTRODUCED IN 1987 THE MOVEMENT OF FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPERS BETWEEN EMPLOYERS.
TO CONTROL
"IN PRACTICE, IF A FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPER HAS A GENUINE REASON FOR NEEDING TO REMAIN IN HONG KONG BEYOND THE TWO WEEKS PERMITTED, FOR HER CONTRACT TERMINATED EXAMPLE, IF
IS UNFAIRLY TREATED AND SHE PREMATURELY, SHE MAY APPLY FOR AN EXTENSION OF STAY IN ORDER TO PURSUE A CLAIM AGAINST HER FORMER EMPLOYER.
"IN SUCH CASES EXTENSIONS OF STAY WILL NORMALLY BE GRANTED, ASPREY SAID.
MR
A
A FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPER WAS ALLOWED TO WORK IN HONG KONG OF EMPLOYMENT, SPECIFIC EMPLOYER UNDER AN APPROVED CONTRACT SECRETARY SAID.
FOR
THE
KONG FOR 12
"ON ARRIVAL, SHE IS PERMITTED TO STAY IN HONG MONTHS OR FOR TWO WEEKS AFTER HER CONTRACT IS TERMINATED, WHICHEVER IS THE EARLIER.
"AT THE END OF THE FIRST YEAR, SHE MAY APPLY FOR AND BE GRANTED ** HE AN EXTENSION OF STAY FOR ANOTHER 12 MONTHS ON THE SAME CONDITIONS, SAID.
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