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"On completion of the works, in conjunction with the Belcher Bay Link and Rock Hill Street Extension, an additional road corridor will be provided for traffic from Central and Western District to the Southern District," the spokesman said.
The works have been designed and construction will be supervised by Pypun Engineering Consultants Ltd for Hong Kong Region of the Highways Department.
End/Saturday, February 18, 1995
Prosecution stepped up against labour law offenders last year
The Labour Department achieved 7,745 convicted cases against labour law offenders last year, resulting in a total fine of more than $30 million.
While the number of convictions in 1994 remained stable when compared with that in 1993, total fines imposed by the court last year increased by 33 per cent over the previous year.
Senior Labour Officer (Prosecutions) Mr John Sung said today (Saturday) that the department would continue to protect the interests of workers by prosecuting labour law offenders.
"Employers who do not abide by labour law will have to pay for their malpractices. They will have to take the safety and welfare of workers more seriously, otherwise they will be prosecuted," he added.
Mr Sung said about 34.5 per cent of the convicted cases last year were related to industrial safety.
Of these, 2,518 involved the breaching of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance and its subsidiary regulations. Fines totalling $22.4 million represented a 32 per cent increase over the previous year.
As regards the nature of these offences, Mr Sung said 517 out of the 2,518 cases were against employers who failed to guard dangerous parts of machinery effectively.
Cases related to failure to maintain exit doorways free from obstruction totalled 320. Another 253 were about failure to provide guard rails or coverings to dangerous places to prevent the fall of persons.