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THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1979

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THE REMINDER CAME FROM A LABOUR DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN FOLLOWING A RECENT COURT CASE AT TSUEN WAN MAGISTRACY WHERE THE OWNER OF A KNITTING FACTORY WAS FINED $2,000 FOR NOT KEEPING A REGISTER FOR SIX WOMEN WORKERS UNDER HIS EMPLOY. THE FINE WAS THE MAXIMUM FOR SUCH AN OFFENCE.

THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT UNDER THE LAW ALL FACTORY PROPRIETORS ARE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN A REGISTER CONTAINING PARTICULARS OF ALL THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS OF 14 TO 17 YEARS OF AGE, UNDER THE IR EMPLOY.

EASTER HOLIDAYS TRAIN TICKETS

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THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT ORDINARY CLASS PERIOD RETURN TICKETS FROM KOWLOON TO LO WU WILL BE SOLD AT KOWLOON STATION FROM APRIL 1 UNTIL APRIL 30,

THE ARRANGEMENT IS MADE FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF PASSENGERS GOING TO CHINA DURING THE EASTER HOLIDAY PERIOD.

THE FARE OF AN ORDINARY CLASS RETURN TICKET IS $3.80. EACH TICKET WILL BE VALID FOR THE JOURNEY FROM KOWLOON TO LO WU ON THE DATE OF ISSUE AND FOR A RETURN JOURNEY ON ANY DAY FROM THE DATE OF ISSUE UNTIL APRIL 30.

THE PERIOD RETURN TICKETS WILL ONLY APPLY TO ORDINARY CLASS AND WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR BOOKING AT KOWLOON STATION,

ON ARRIVAL AT LO WU, PASSENGERS HOLDING RETURN TICKETS ARE REQUESTED TO SHOW THE TICKETS TO THE TICKET COLLECTORS AT THE EXIT GATES AND THEN KEEP THE TICKETS FOR USE ON THE RETURN JOURNEY AFTER WHICH THE TICKETS WILL BE COLLECTED AT KOWLOON OR MONG KOK STATIONS.

WORK ON $29 MILLION LAUNDRY BEGINS SOON

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CONSTRUCTION OF A SECOND MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT LAUNDRY AT PIK UK IN CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD WILL BEGIN NEXT MONTH.

THE WORK WILL INCLUDE A FIVE-STOREY BUILDING TO ACCOMMODATE LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT, AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN 15 MONTHS.

WHEN THE $29 MILLION LAUNDRY BECOMES OPERATIONAL IN EARLY 1981, IT WILL HANDLE CLOTHING FROM GOVERNMENT MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THE LAUNDRY WILL WASH, DRY AND IRON FROM FULL-SIZED BED SHEETS TO THE SMALLEST OPERATION CAPS AND BABY NAPKINS, A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

PROVIDING A MINIMUM THROUGHPUT OF 454,300 KILOGRAMS (ABOUT ONE MILLION POUNDS) DRY WEIGHT A MONTH, THE LAUNDRY IS TO MEET WITH INCREASING REQUIREMENT.

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