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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1980

HE ADDED THAT THE RSS WAS ALSO PLANNING WATER SPORTS CENTRES, TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN THE CHALLENGING SKILLS OF SAILING A BOAT OR PADDLING A CANOE, WHILE THE CHONG HING HIKING SCHEME, WHICH WAS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED, WOULD ENCOURAGE THOUSANDS OF ENERGETIC YOUNGSTERS, AND PERHAPS THE IR PARENTS, TO DISCOVER SOME OF THE JOYS OF HILL-WALKING,

MR WIGGHAM DREW ATTENTION TO HIS USE OF THE WORD +OPPORTUNITY+. +WE CAN'T FORCE PEOPLE TO TAKE UP A PASTIME OR AN EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITY. BUT WE PROVIDE THE 'OPPORTUNITY' FOR THEM TO DO SO, HE SAID.

HE ADDED THAT IN LIFE'S WAY, THERE WERE MANY OPPORTUNITIES, OTHER THAN JUST THOSE PROVIDED BY THE RSS, THAT PRESENTED THEMSELVES TO EVERYBODY, AND IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THESE OPPORTUNITIES - OPPORTUNITIES NOT ONLY TO TAKE, BUT ALSO TO GIVE

WERE NOT FORGOTTEN.

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ID CARD REMINDER TO EMPLOYERS

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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY REMINDED EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THEIR OBLIGATIONS FROM MONDAY (NOVEMBER 3) UNDER THE NEW

IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE.

FOR EMPLOYERS, IT WILL BE AN OFFENCE AS FROM MONDAY TO HAVE IN THE IR EMPLOY ANYONE WHO DOES NOT HAVE AN IDENTITY CARD OR OTHER SPECIFIED PROOF OF IDENTITY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.

THOSE WHO TAKE ON PEOPLE WITHOUT ID CARDS, OR AN APPROPRIATE ALTERNATIVE DOCUMENT, WILL BE LIABLE TO A FINE OF UP TO $50 000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR ONE YEAR, HE WARNED.

EXISTING EMPLOYEES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO PRODUCE THEIR ID CARD, OR APPROPRIATE ALTERNATIVE DOCUMENT, FOR INSPECTION BY THEIR EMPLOYERS BY MONDAY.

+FAILURE TO DO SO RENDERS AN EMPLOYEE LIABLE TO DISMISSAL WITHOUT NOTICE AND WITHOUT PAYMENT IN LIEU, HE WARNED.

THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT EMPLOYERS WERE ALREADY REQUIRED SINCE OCTOBER 28 TO INSPECT THE ID CARD, OR AN ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATIVE DOCUMENT, OF ANY NEW APPLICANT BEFORE OFFERING EMPLOYMENT.

FROM MONDAY, EMPLOYERS ARE ALSO REQUIRED BY LAW TO MAINTAIN UP-TO-DATE RECORDS OF THEIR EMPLOYEES SHOWING THEIR NAMES AND PARTICULARS OF THE IR IDENTITY DOCUMENTS.

UNDER THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE AN EMPLOYEE MUST HAVE AN ID CARD OR PROOF OF AN APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OR REPLACEMENT, OR IF HE IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE REGISTERED UNDER THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS ORDINANCE, HE SHOULD HAVE A VALID TRAVEL DOCUMENT, OR A VIETNAMESE REFUGEE CARD, OR A CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION ISSUED TO THE AGED, THE BLIND AND THE INFIRM.