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"These streams lie in a landscape comprising primarily flat agricultural land interspersed with small towns and rural villages, the largest of which is Yuen Long.
"Drainage improvement will be achieved by engineering works to widen, straighten and/or deepen natural river beds, constructing structures such as silt traps and weirs within the new channels, then lining the channels with materials including concrete and natural linings," the spokesman said.
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Law on contracts for overseas employment must be observed
The Labour Department reminds the public that every contract for employment outside Hong Kong must be signed by the employer or his representative and the employee before the employee leaves Hong Kong.
The contract must contain all particulars required by the Contracts for Employment Outside Hong Kong Ordinance to define the rights and obligations of both parties and be presented to the Commissioner for Labour for attestation before the employee's departure.
Labour Officer (External Employment Service), Miss Corrina Cheng, said today (Saturday) that the ordinance applied to all contracts entered into in Hong Kong by manual employees and those non-manual employees with monthly wages not exceeding $20,000 who were employed to work outside Hong Kong by employers who were not in Hong Kong and were not running a business locally.
"An employer or his agent will commit an offence if he fails to enter into a written contract or present the written contract for attestation by the commissioner before the employee leaves Hong Kong.
"Moreover, a person will commit an offence if he induces an employee to enter into a contract which does not comply with the Ordinance or leave Hong Kong to take up employment before the contract is attested," Miss Cheng said.
The maximum fine for each offence is $50,000.
Enquiries on overseas employment may be made to the department's External Employment Service on 2852 3511 or 2852 3540.
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