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SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1994
IN AUGUST LAST YEAR, SEVEN MEMBERS OF FISHERMEN'S CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES PARTICIPATED IN A NINE-DAY STUDY TOUR то MEXICO, ORGANISED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT.
ON URBAN-BASED SOCIETIES, DR LEE SAID EFFORTS HAD BEEN MADE то HELP INDIVIDUAL CIVIL SERVANTS' CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING SOCIETY ΤΟ ACHIEVE THE TRANSFER OF TITLES TO FLATS AND LAND FROM THE SOCIETY ΤΟ THEIR INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS.
TURNING TO CONSUMER SOCIETIES, HE SAID LAST YEAR SAW A GROSS TRADING SURPLUS OF OVER $2.4 MILLION, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF FOUR PER CENT OVER 1992/93. THESE SOCIETIES HAVE A TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF 3,080.
DR LEE ALSO PRESENTED CERTIFICATES TO PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE TERRITORY'S CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN THE PAST YEARS.
MAXIMUM FINE FOR ENGAGING WOMEN TO WORK OUTSIDE THE NORMAL PERMITTED PERIOD
PROPRIETORS
THE
FROM
LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) AND
EMPLOYERS
REMINDED
FACTORY
AND
NORMAL PERMITTED
WITH TO COMPLY
LABOUR LEGISLATION
THE ENGAGING WOMEN TO WORK OUTSIDE REFRAIN PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT OR THEY WILL FACE HEAVY PENALTIES.
NICE VIEW DYEING AND BLEACHING LIMITED IN TSING YI WAS RECENTLY
MAXIMUM GIVEN THE
WAN FINE OF $10,000 BY A TSUEN
MAGISTRATE FOR ENGAGING WOMEN то WORK OUTSIDE THE NORMAL PERMITTED PERIOD EMPLOYMENT.
OF
CONDUCTED
A
AFTER
THE CASE CAME TO LIGHT WHEN LABOUR INSPECTORS ROUTINE INSPECTION TO THE FACTORY AND FOUND THREE WOMEN WORKING 11 PM.
UNDER
"THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY) REGULATIONS MADE THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE PROVIDES THAT THE PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT IN THE SHALL NEITHER BEGIN CASE OF A WOMAN IN ANY INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKING EARLIER
AM NOR END LATER THAN 11 PM, LABOUR OFFICER (PROSECUTIONS} MISS RITA MA SAID.
THAN 6
||
PERIOD OF
DAY
FOR WOMAN
"IT ALSO REQUIRES THE EMPLOYER TO DISPLAY IN A CONSPICUOUS PLACE IN THE FACTORY A PRESCRIBED NOTICE SETTING OUT THE
REST MEALS OR REST, AND EMPLOYMENT, WORKERS.
FOR INTERVALS
OF
"EMPLOYERS SHOULD STRICTLY ADHERE TO THE PERMISSIBLE HOURS WORK SET OUT IN THE PRESCRIBED NOTICE BECAUSE IT IS AN OFFENCE UNDER WORKING HOURS OF THE LAW FOR AN EMPLOYER TO CHANGE THE PRESCRIBED
IN INDUSTRY WOMEN
OR TO ENGAGE THEM IN OVERTIME WORK, WITHOUT NOTIFYING THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT BEFOREHAND, SHE ADDED.
ALSO
12
MA MISS
POINTED OUT THAT YOUNG PERSONS SHOULD NOT EMPLOYED TO WORK OVERTIME IN INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS.
ANY
WHO EMPLOYER
MAXIMUM FINE OF $10,000.
BE
BREACHES THE REGULATIONS
IS LIABLE
ΤΟ
A
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