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SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 1992
MR WOO SAID MORE THAN 70 PRISONERS HAD TAKEN THE COURSE AND HAD SAT FOR A TOTAL OF 243 PAPERS. TOTALLY, THEY ACHIEVED 180 DISTINCTIONS AND 51 CREDITS WITH A 100-PER-CENT PASS RATE.
HE NOTED THAT THE AWARD OF MEDALS SIGNIFIED THE INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF THE INMATES' PERFORMANCE IN THE EXAMINATIONS AND WOULD DEFINITELY BE A GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT TO INMATES STUDYING BEHIND THE BARS.
HE ADDED THAT THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME PRISONERS UNDER THE OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WERE AWARDED BRONZE MEDALS THE INSTITUTE.
THE FIRST ONE WAS AWARDED IN THE SUBJECT OF AND THE SECOND IN ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLES IN 1989.
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COMPUTER IN 1984
AT PRESENT, THERE ARE MORE THAN 600 PRISONERS VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES IN THE STANLEY PRISON.
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THE PROGRAMMES INCLUDE EVENING EDUCATION CLASSES, SELF-STUDY COURSES, CORRESPONDENCE COURSES AND DEGREE COURSES OFFERED BY THE OPEN LEARNING INSTITUTE OF HONG KONG AND THE EAST ASIA OPEN INSTITUTE.
IMPORTED WORKERS EQUALLY PROTECTED BY LABOUR LAW
IMPORTED WORKERS ENJOY THE SAME RIGHTS UNDER THE LABOUR LAW AS THEIR LOCAL COUNTERPARTS, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR MAK SAI-YIU SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
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MR MAK REMINDED EMPLOYERS THAT ALL PROVISIONS UNDER EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE APPLIED то ALL WORKERS, BE THEY LOCAL OR IMPORTED.
"IN PARTICULAR, WE TAKE A SERIOUS VIEW OF UNSCRUPULOUS EMPLOYERS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IMPORTED WORKERS' IGNORANCE OF THEIR STATUTORY RIGHTS, HE STRESSED.
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, IN ITS SUSTAINED EFFORT TO PROTECT THE STATUTORY RIGHTS OF IMPORTED WORKERS, CONTINUBS TO 'ТАКЕ MORE OFFENDING EMPLOYERS TO COURT.
IN A RECENT CASE, THE APTEX GARMENT MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED IN KWAI CHUNG WAS FINED A TOTAL OF $6,000 BY A TSUEN WAN MAGISTRATE FOR FAILING TO GRANT A STATUTORY HOLIDAY TO THREE IMPORTED WORKERS.
THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE PROVIDES INCLUDING IMPORTED WORKERS, ARE ENTITLED ΤΟ MUST BE GIVEN HOLIDAY PAY IF THEY HAVE WORKED SAME EMPLOYER FOR THREE MONTHS OR LONGER.
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ALL EMPLOYEES,
STATUTORY HOLIDAYS AND CONTINUOUSLY FOR THE
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