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As a result, a total of 15,198 persons, 1,467 vehicles and 742 vessels were stopped for identification checks.
During the operation, Immigration investigators visited a total of 21 residential addresses and business establishments and arrested 41 suspected immigration offenders.
Of the 41 people arrested, 24 were women and 17 men. Eleven of them were Two-way Permit holders, one was an illegal immigrant, nine were foreign domestic helpers, and eight were travellers. The remaining 12 were Hong Kong residents who were suspected of aiding and abetting breach of condition of stay or employing a person not lawfully employable.
On the labour front, inspectors of the Labour Department visited 2,395 establishments to weed out any illegal immigrants who may be working there and to check that employers fulfil their legal obligation of keeping proper records of their employees.
A total of 6,930 employees had their proof of identity checked.
Twelve establishments were found not able to provide a record of employees for inspection.
The spokesman reminded employers that they could be fined up to $250,000 and jailed for up to three years if they were found to be employing illegal immigrants.
End/Friday, October 20, 1995
Higher maximum fines for employment offences proposed
The Government has proposed to raise the levels of maximum fines under the Employment Ordinance and its subsidiary regulations to bring about tougher sanctions and to align the amounts of fines to the levels specified under the Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (No. 2) Ordinance 1994.
The proposals have been endorsed by the Governor-in-Council and details outlining the proposed new maximum fines are contained in the Employment (Amendment) (No. 4) Bill 1995 gazetted today (Friday).