SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1992
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EMPLOYERS REMINDED NOT TO HIRE CHILDREN
EMPLOYERS WHO THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) REMINDED
UNDERTAKINGS ΤΟ COMPLY STRICTLY TAKE ON CHILDREN IN NON-INDUSTRIAL WITH THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN REGULATIONS.
IN
A
CHILD
THE APPEAL FOLLOWED A RECENT CASE AT THE FANLING MAGISTRACY
CANTEEN
A
WHICH
ILLEGALLY.
OWNER
WAS
FINED
$2,000
CANTEEN
FOR
EMPLOYING
IN YUEN
LONG
OTHER
DURING AN
THE 13-YEAR-OLD CHILD WAS FOUND WORKING ALONG WITH EIGHT WORKERS IN
FACTORY WAH THE INSPECTION BY LABOUR INSPECTORS.
FU
THE EMPLOYER DID NOT THE EMPLOYMENT
FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATION HAD FOUND THAT OBTAINED FROM THE CHILD'S PARENT A WRITTEN CONSENT TO AND PROOF OF THE CHILD'S SCHOOLING AS REQUIRED UNDER THE REGULATIONS.
CHILD'S
THE LAW STIPULATED, THAT AN EMPLOYER MUST OBTAIN FROM A
THE CHILD OR PARENT A VALID SCHOOL
CERTIFICATE FOR ATTENDANCE EVIDENCE OF THE CHILD HAVING COMPLETED FORM THREE EDUCATION.
14 L'AN BE EMPLOYED BUT UNDERTAKING, KITCHEN OF AN EATING
IN ADDITION, A CHILD AGED BETWEEN 13 AND ONLY ON A PART-TIME BASIS IN
NON-INDUSTRIAL AN SHOULD IN NO CIRCUMSTANCES BE EMPLOYED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT.
ANY EMPLOYER WHO BREACHES THE PROVISION ON CHILD EMPLOYMENT LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $10,000.
IS
FREE BOOKLET ON SOLVENT HAZARDS
* *
HAS THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT
ADVISE EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS ON PRINTING INDUSTRY.
RECENTLY PUBLISHED A BOOKLET TO THE SAFE USE OF SOLVENTS IN THE
ENTITLED "SOLVENT HAZARDS IN PRINTING INDUSTRY", THE BOOKLET
GUIDELINES PROVIDES
WORK PRACTICES POTENTIAL HEALTH HAZARDS.
ON GOOD
ΤΟ
BILINGUAL PREVENT
TOXIC, "ORGANIC SOLVENTS, WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY
ARE COMMONLY
AN USED IN PRINTING PROCESSES,
OCCUPATIONAL
CONSULTANT. HEALTH CHAN SIK-YUEN, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
DR
"SOLVENTS CAN ENTER THROUGH THE LUNGS AND CAN SKIN, PRODUCING ACUTE OR CHRONIC POISONING EFFECTS,
г
BE
ABSORBED BY
DR CHAN SAID.
/TO NINIMISE