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FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1993
THE SPOKESMAN SAID APART FROM CONTINUOUS CHECKS THROUGHOUT TERRITORY, THERE WAS NO LET-UP IN ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION EFFORTS THE BORDER.
THE
AT
BY
BORDERS,
BE MAINTAINED "A HIGH STATE OF VIGILANCE WILL CONTINUE TO THE POLICE AND THE SECURITY FORCES BOTH AT THE LAND AND SEA HE SAID,
AM ON WEDNESDAY THE POLICE HAD STEPPED UP PUBLIC PLACES AND CARRIED OUT
DURING THE JOINT OPERATION, WHICH BEGAN AT 5 (APRIL 14) AND ENDED AT 5 AM YESTERDAY, THEIR IDENTIFICATION SPOT CHECKS IN CHECKS AT SUSPICIOUS LOCATIONS.
AS A RESULT, A TOTAL OF 9,982 PERSONS AND 1,292 STOPPED FOR IDENTIFICATION CHECKS.
ON THE
LABOUR
FRONT,
VEHICLES WERK
LABOUR
THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO LEGAL FULFIL THEIR
DEPARTMENT
OF INSPECTORS VISITED 2,211 ESTABLISHMENTS TO WEED OUT ANY
AND
THAT EMPLOYERS TO CHECK MAY BE WORKING, OBLIGATION OF KEEPING PROPER RECORDS OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.
A TOTAL OF 7,003 EMPLOYEES HAD THEIR PROOF OF IDENTITY DURING THE OPERATION.
CHECKED
FOURTEEN ESTABLISHMENTS RECORD OF EMPLOYEES FOR INSPECTION.
WERE
NOT FOUND
ABLE TO
PROVIDE
A
THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED EMPLOYERS THAT THEY COULD YEAR IF THEY WERE TO $50,000 AND JAILED FOR UP TO A EMPLOYING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
BE FINED UP то BE FOUND
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BREAKTHROUGH IN BUILDING SAFETY CONCEPT
GOVERNMENT'S
THERE HAS BEEN A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH IN THE ENDEAVOUR IN EDUCATING PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT IT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AND DUTY TO MAINTAIN THEIR BUILDINGS, THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND LANDS, MR DARWIN CHEN, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
HE SAID THE BREAKTHROUGH WAS SHOWN IN THE WAY THE PUBLIC RESPONDED TO ALL THE OPERATIONS AND CAMPAIGNS MOUNTED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF HIS DEPARTMENT.
CITING AN EXAMPLE, MR CHEN SAID DURING THE 18-MONTH "OPERATION APPENDAGES" AGAINST ILLEGAL EXTERNAL STRUCTURES IN 30 TARGETED BUILDINGS WHICH ENDED LAST YEAR, 97.5 PER CENT OF THE 3,825 ORDERS ISSUED FOR THE REMOVAL OF 5,825 APPENDAGES WERE COMPLIED WITH.
THIS EXERCISE WAS SUCH A SUCCESS THAT IT WAS THEN EXTENDED UNDER THE NAME "OPERATION CATHERINE WHEEL", HE SAID.
IN THE OPERATION, ADVISORY LETTERS INSTEAD OF STATUTORY ORDERS WERE ISSUED TO OWNERS OF BUILDINGS IN DENSELY POPULATED AREAS, URGING THEM TO REMOVE THE UNAUTHORISED BUILDING WORKS AT THEIR OWN INITIATIVE.
"THE OPERATION