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MONDAY, JULY 25, 1983

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LABOUR LAW OFFENDERS PROSECUTED

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A TOTAL OF 735 PROSECUTIONS FOR BREACHES OF LABOUR LAWS TAKEN OUT BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT RESULTED IN CONVICTIONS BY THE COURTS LAST MONTH AND FINES IMPOSED AMOUNTED TO MORE THAN $690 025.

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.

THERE WERE 264 CASES CONCERNING VIOLATIONS OF SAFETY REGULATIONS, WITH $288 200 IN FINES. THESE INCLUDED 96 CASES (WITH $102 650 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS AND 88 CASES (WITH $218 850 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS.

CASES RELATING TO BREACHES OF THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY) REGULATIONS ACCOUNTED FOR 395 WITH $232 575 IN FINES.

OF THE OTHER PROSECUTIONS, 16 CASES WERE RELATED TO FAILURE TO KEEP RECORDS OF EMPLOYEES, LEADING TO $7 300 IN FINES.

'THEMATIC APPROACH' IN KINDERGARTENS TO BE SHOWN

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A TWO-DAY EXHIBITION, ILLUSTRATING THE USE OF THEMATIC APPROACH IN KINDERGARTENS, WILL BE HELD AT QUEEN ELIZABETH SCHOOL, SAI YEE STREET, MONG KOK, ON JULY 27 AND 28.

ORGANISED BY THE KINDERGARTEN SECTION OF THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, THE EXHIBITION IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FROM 9.30 AM TO 4.30 PM ON BOTH DAYS.

EXHIBITS INCLUDE PROJECT WORK BY TEACHERS WHO HAVE JOINED THE PART-TIME IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSES HELD BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, AND BY MEMBERS OF THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT TEAM, AS WELL AS TEACHING MATERIALS AND CHILDREN'S WORK ILLUSTRATING THE THEMATIC APPROACH.

DURING THE EXHIBITION, THERE WILL BE FOUR DEMONSTRATION SESSIONS ON MUSIC MOVEMENT ACTIVITIES FOR KINDERGARTENS - ONE IN ENGLISH AND THREE IN CHINESE. THE ENGLISH DEMONSTRATION WILL BE HELD AT 10.15 AM ON JULY 27- WHILE THE CHINESE DEMONSTRATIONS WILL BE HELD AT 3 PM ON JULY 27, AND AT 10.30 AM AND 3 PM ON JULY 28.

NOTE TO EDITORS

ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MRS LOUISE MOK, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EXHIBITION ON THEMATIC APPROACH AT 9.30 AM, JULY 27. YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT WHICH WILL BE HELD AT QUEEN ELIZABETH SCHOOL, SAI YEE STREET, MONG KOK, KOWLOON.

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