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SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1980

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HE TOLD THEM THAT THEIR MONTHS OF HARD BASIC TRAINING WOULD NOW COME TO FRUITION AND THEY WOULD APPRECIATE THE SATISFACTION OF CONTRIBUTING IN NO SMALL WAY TO THE WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE REHABILITATION OF THOSE WHO HAVE CONE ASTRAY.

CAPTAIN MOLAND ALSO APPRECIATED THE BREADTH OF TRAINING AND THE CONSIDERABLE EXPERTISE REQUIRED BY PRISON OFFICERS BEFORE THEY ARE FULLY ACCEPTED INTO THE SERVICE.

PROSECUTIONS FOR LABOUR OFFENCES

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THERE WERE 771 PROSECUTIONS LAST MONTH AGAINST' INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS FOR VIOLATING LABOUR LEGISLATION,

OF THE CASES TAKEN OUT BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S PROSECUTIONS UNIT, 757 RESULTED IN CONVICTION AND FINES IMPOSED BY THE COURTS TOTALLED $615 000.

THE MAJORITY WERE RELATED TO BREACHES OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE AND VARIOUS REGULATIONS MADE UNDER THE ORDINANCE, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS.

A TOTAL OF 319 CONCERNED BREACHES OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY REGULATIONS AND THE FINES AMOUNTED TO $396 475.

OF THESE CASES, 198 (WITH $240 000 IN FINES) WERE FOR BREACHES OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS AND 71 (WITH $116 650 IN FINES) WERE FOR BREACHES OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS.

OFFENCES RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS ACCOUNTED FOR 412 CASES AND FINES TOTALLED $195 875.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE PROSECUTIONS WERE MAINLY THE RESULT OF ACTION TAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT'S FACTORY

INSPECTORATE AND THE LABOUR INSPECTORATE.

HE POINTED OUT THAT IT TOOK MORE THAN LEGISLATION TO STAMP OUT OFFENCES IN INDUSTRY AND THAT CO-OPERATION WAS NEEDED FROM ALL CONCERNED TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION.

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