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It was agreed by the Government and Administrative Officer Staff Grade "C", Mr Allan Chow, has been appointed Review Officer, IPCC, on January 17, 1996, as a result.
Although accountable to IPCC, Mr Chow will be stationed mainly in CAPO to observe and review CAPO's operating procedures. He will also examine the existing channels of CAРОДРСС interface.
"All aspects of the investigation process including in particular interviews and statement-taking, collection of evidence, location of witnesses, scene visits and the conclusions of the investigations will come under Mr Chow's review," IPCC Chairman, Mr Denis Chang QC, said today (Wednesday).
At the end of his six-month mission, Mr Chow will report his findings to IPCC and to make recommendations for any improvement to CAPO procedures to ensure thoroughness and impartiality.
This may assist IPCC to discharge its monitoring functions under the existing terms of reference.
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Summonses issued for suspected breach of employment law
The Labour Department announced today (Wednesday) that a total of 20 summonses have been issued to a building contractor for suspected late payment of wages and non-grant of a statutory holiday to a group of imported workers from Thailand between July and September last year.
Twelve of them, issued under Section 23 of the Employment Ordinance, were served on Hitachi Zosen Corporation, the contractor of the works contract for the Lantau Fixed Crossing - Kap Shui Mun Bridge and Ma Wan Viaducts under the new airport and related projects.