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MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1993
HE SAID THE DEPARTMENT HAD IN HAND A CONTINGENCY PLAN, TO BE CARRIED OUT IN PHASES, TO ACCOMMODATE GIRLS IN MA TAU WEI GIRLS' HOME TO COPE WITH THE OVER-CAPACITY PROBLEM.
"PUI YIN JUVENILE HOME IS BEING CONSIDERED BECAUSE IT
IS ALSO
A GAZETTED PLACE OF REFUGE AND WITHIN THE VICINITY OF THE GIRLS' HOME," HE SAID.
HE ADDED THAT PUI YIN JUVENILE HOME WAS PREVIOUSLY A MIXED HOME WITH SEPARATE FACILITIES FOR BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS BEFORE THE OPENING OF THE WAI YEE HOSTEL IN NOVEMBER 1991.
THE SPOKESMAN CONFIRMED THAT UNDER PHASE ONE OF THE CONTINGENCY PLAN PUI YIN JUVENILE HOME COULD ACCOMMODATE 30 TO 40 GIRLS WITH FURTHER FACILITIES FOR EXPANSION, IF REQUIRED.
HE SAID THE HIGHEST FIGURE OF GIRLS AT MA TAU WEI GIRLS' HOME RECORDED TODAY (MONDAY) WAS 230. THE HOME NOW HAS A CAPACITY OF 220, SINCE THE MOVE OF THE PROBATION SECTION TO ANOTHER INSTITUTION WEDNESDAY.
LAST
PROSECUTION AGAINST USING FALSE DOCUMENTS
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PEOPLE WHO SUBMIT FALSE DOCUMENTS TO SUPPORT THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION AS AN ELECTRICAL WORKER UNDER THE ELECTRICITY ORDINANCE ARE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION, AN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT (EMSD) SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
USING
A 22-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS RECENTLY CONVICTED IN EASTERN COURT FOR A COPY OF A FALSE INSTRUMENT IN HIS APPLICATION
REGISTRATION.
THE DEFENDANT PLEADED GUILTY AND WAS FINED $1,000.
FOR
ALL
THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT EMSD WOULD SCRUTINISE APPLICATIONS, ESPECIALLY SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED ALONG WITH
THE APPLICATIONS.
"PROSECUTION WILL BE TAKEN AGAINST THOSE APPLICANTS WHO KNOWINGLY MAKE A STATEMENT WHICH IS FALSE IN A MATERIAL HE SAID.
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PARTICULAR,
UNDER THE ELECTRICITY ORDINANCE, ALL WORKERS ENGAGED IN WORK ON FIXED ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION ARE REQUIRED TO BE REGISTERED WITH EMSD.
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