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THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1978

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LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS UNIT

OPENING AT TUEN MUN *****

THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS UNIT OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL SET UP A SUB-OFFICE IN THE DEPARTMENT'S TUEN MUN BRANCH OFFICE AT 33, TAK CHING COURT ON SATURDAY (APRIL 1) TO SERVE FACTORIES IN THE DISTRICT AND NEARBY AREAS.

THE SERVICES IT WILL PROVIDE INCLUDE RECEIVING OVERTIME REPORTS FROM INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS, APPROVING NOTICES OF HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT AND INTERVALS FOR REST AND MEAL BREAKS FOR WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS AS WELL AS GIVING ADVICE ON THE FIXING OF THE HOURS OF WORK FOR FACTORY WORKERS.

THE AREAS COVERED BY THE SUB-OFFICE ALSO INCLUDE TAI LAM CHUNG, SO KWUN WAT, CASTLE PEAK BAY, LAM TEI AND CHUNG UK TSUEN.

ITS TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR ENQUIRIES WILL BE 12-818393.

SHIP NIGHT SIGNAL CHANGE

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THE MARINE DEPARTMENT TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT THE NIGHT SIGNAL WHICH ALL SHIPS ARRIVING IN HONG KONG ARE REQUIRED TO HOIST FOR IMMIGRATION EXAMINATION WILL BE CHANGED FROM NEXT MONTH.

THE PRESENT IMMIGRATION EXAMINATION SIGNAL IS A SET OF FOUR LIGHTS COLOURED +WHITE-RED-WHITE-RED+, DISPLAYED VERTICALLY.

FROM SATURDAY (APRIL 1), THE SIGNAL WILL BE A VERTICAL DISPLAY OF THREE WHITE LIGHTS.

THE NEW SIGNAL, WHICH IS PRESCRIBED IN THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE, WILL REDUCE THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COLOURED LIGHTS TO BE HOISTED. IT WILL ALSO BENEFIT THOSE SHIPS ARRIVING, PARTICULARLY SMALLER VESSELS, WHICH ARE NOT FITTED WITH SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF LIGHTS FOR THE EXISTING SIGNAL.

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