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MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1992
BLITZ ON ILLEGAL CHILDREN EMPLOYMENT
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY) THEY SHOULD NOT TAKE ON
REMINDED
EMPLOYERS THAT
CHILD
WORKERS IN INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS,
PARTICULARLY DURING SUMMER HOLIDAYS.
SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER (LABOUR
INSPECTION} MR CHAN KWOK-KUEN OPERATIONS MOUNTED IN то HAVE ILLEGALLY
TERRITORY-WIDE
MADE THE APPEAL FOLLOWING TWO THE PAST TWO WEEKS, WHERE 14 FACTORIES WERE FOUND EMPLOYED 14 CHILDREN AGED BELOW 15.
"UNDER
EMPLOYMENT THE
OFFENCE TO EMPLOY CHILDREN UNDER UNDERTAKING," MR CHAN SAID.
OF CHILDREN
REGULATIONS, IT THE AGE OF 15 IN AN
IS INDUSTRIAL
AN
UNDERTAKINGS, ONLY CHILDREN
A
"AS FOR NON-INDUSTRIAL BETWEEN 13 AND 14 MAY BE EMPLOYED ON CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS, HE SAID.
PART-TIME
AGED
BASIS SUBJECT TO
OF THE REQUIREMENT STUDENT SEEKING SUMMER
MINDFUL "EMPLOYERS SHOULD, THEREFORE, BE
PARTICULARLY
WHEN OFFERING
JOBS, MR CHAN SAID.
EMPLOYMENT
TO
TWO
OPERATIONS,
INVOLVING
AND
EACH MR CHAN POINTED OUT THAT THE ABOUT 80 LABOUR INSPECTORS, COVERED 6,416 INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS 343 NON-INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE TERRITORY.
THESE OPERATIONS FORMED PART OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S CONTINUED EFFORTS TO PREVENT ILLEGAL CHILD EMPLOYMENT.
THE CHILD'S "SUCH ILLEGAL EMPLOYMENT NOT ONLY INTERFERES WITH
PROBLEMS, MR CHAN SAID SCHOOLING BUT ALSO POSES SAFETY AND HEALTH
MAXIMUM TO A
FINE ADDING THAT AN OFFENDING EMPLOYER IS $20,000 UNDER THE REGULATIONS.
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LIABLE
OF
WATER STORAGE FIGURE
STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 85.9 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 503.342 MILLION CUBIC METRES.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 206.463 CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 35.2 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.
MILLION
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