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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1979

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WARNING ON BOGUS LABOUR OFFICERS

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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (SUNDAY) ADVISED EMPLOYERS TO BE ON GUARD AGAINST PEOPLE SOLICITING MONEY BY IMPERSONATING OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT.

HE SAID THE DEPARTMENT HAD RECENTLY RECEIVED REPORTS THAT A MAN CLAIMING TO BE AN OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN SOLICITING MONEY FROM FACTORY PROPRIETORS FOR THE PUBLICATION OF A PURPORTED DEPARTMENTAL PUBLICATION.

+NO OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN AUTHORISED TO SOLICIT OR ACCEPT MONEY FOR ANY PURPOSE WHATSOEVER,+ HE STRESSED.

THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT ALL SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT WERE FREE, AND FROM TIME TO TIME, THE DEPARTMENT PUBLISHED PAMPHLETS ON LABOUR LEGISLATION, IN CHINESE AND ENGLISH, WHICH WERE ALSO FREE TO THE THE PUBLIC,

HE REMINDED EMPLOYERS THAT ALL LABOUR DEPARTMENT OFFICERS CARRIED WITH THEM GOVERNMENT IDENTITY CARDS AND WARRANTS BEARING THE PHOTOGRAPH AND NAME OF THE HOLDER.

MEMBERS OF THE FACTORY AND LABOUR INSPECTORATES ARE UNDER INSTRUCTIONS TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES BY PRODUCING THEIR WARRANTS WHEN VISITING FACTORIES, HE ADDED.

THE SPOKESMAN ADVISED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO CHECK ON THE IDENTITY OF VISITORS CLAIMING TO BE OFFICERS OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, AND TO REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO THE NEAREST POLICE STATION IF THEY WERE IN ANY DOUBT.

FIRE PREVENTION EXHIBITION

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A ONE-WEEK FIRE PREVENTION EXHIBITION IS TO BE HELD ON TSING YI ISLAND,

THE EXHIBITION, STARTING TOMORROW (MONDAY), AIMS TO BRING HOME TO PEOPLE LIVING AT TSING YI LAGOON THE DISASTROUS EFFECTS OF FIRES IN SQUATTER AREAS AND THE NEED TO TAKE PROPER PRECAUTIONS.

ORGANISED BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE, THE FIRE SERVICES AND THE TSING YI LAGOON MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE, THE EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD IN THE PREMISES OF THE M.A.C.

AMONG THE EXHIBITS WILL BE PICTURES TAKEN DURING RECENT BIG SQUATTER AREA FIRES WHICH MADE THOUSANDS HOMELESS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DISTRICT OFFICES SAID THE LOCAL FIRE SERVICES AND THE FIRE WATCH COMMITTEE WERE ANXIOUS THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD BE AWARE THAT CARELESS ACTS LIKE THROWING AWAY LIGHTED CI GARETTE ENDS OR MATCHES COULD RESULT IN A FIRE IN WHICH FAMILIES COULD LOSE THEIR HOMES.

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