TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1982
SHA TIN SPRING PARTY
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MORE THAN 400 GUESTS ATTENDED A SPRING PARTY ORGANISED BY SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE TODAY (TUESDAY).
AMONG THOSE PRESENT WERE THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR IAN MACPHERSON THE SHA TIN RURAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MR WAI HON-LEUNG- A LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADER, MR NG CHAN-LAM, AS WELL AS SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
THE DISTRICT OFFICER, DR PATRICK HASE, EXPRESSED HIS THANKS FOR ALL LOCAL SPONSORSHIP AND PARTICIPATION, WHICH HE SAID HAD CONTRIBUTED TO A SUCCESSFUL YEAR.
+THE SHA TIN ARTS FORTNIGHT, WHICH WAS THE FIRST ATTEMPT OF ITS KIND IN THE DISTRICT, WAS WELL RECEIVED AND SIMILAR EVENTS WILL BE ORGANISED IN THE FUTURE, HE SAID.
SHA TIN WOULD EXPERIENCE GROWTH IN THE COMING YEAR: ITS POPULATION IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES WOULD INCREASE BY 40 000, A NEW HOSPITAL AT YUEN CHAU KOK WOULD BE COMPLETED, AND THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY WOULD BE ELECTRIFIED, HE SAID.
HE REMINDED GUESTS THAT NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS NEXT MONTH WOULD CLOSE NEXT TUESDAY, (FEBRUARY 9) AND URGED FULL PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT.
$770 500 IN FINES FOR LABOUR OFFENCES
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TOOK OUT 915 PROSECUTIONS FOR BREACH OF LABOUR LEGISLATION IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR, AND THE FINES IMPOSED BY THE COURTS AMOUNTED TO $770 500.
MOST OF THE CASES CONCERNED BREACHES OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE AND ITS VARIOUS SUBSIDIARY REGULATIONS, THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE AND THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY) REGULATIONS.
CASES RELATED TO VIOLATIONS OF SAFETY REGULATIONS TOTALLED 284, RESULTING IN FINES OF $382 350. THESE INCLUDED 143 CASES (WITH $145 200 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS AND 115 CASES (WITH $208 800 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS.
CASES CONCERNING BREACHES OF THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS INDUSTRY) REGULATIONS ACCOUNTED FOR 543 WITH $325 050 IN FINES,
OF THE OTHER PROSECUTIONS, 12 CASES RELATED TO FAILURE TO KEEP RECORDS OF EMPLOYEES, LEADING TO $8 600 IN FINES.
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