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VENE 23, 1983

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MORE LAND TO BE RECLAIMED AT MA ON SHAN

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WORK WILL START SHORTLY ON RECLAMATION OF ANOTHER 61 HECTARES OF LAND AT MA ON SHAN AS PART OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT.

TENDERS FOR THE CONTRACT ARE BEING INVITED BY THE SHA TIN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY WORK ON THE CONTRACT WOULD INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION OF A 2 100-METRE-LONG SEAWALL AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE.

HE SAID ABOUT FIVE MILLION CUBIC METRES OF FILL FOR THE RECLAMATION WOULD BE EXCAVATED FROM A BORROW AREA IN THE WAN TSAI PENINSULA AT THE NORTHERN ENTRANCE TO TOLO CHANNEL.

AT WAN TSAI, A SHORT SECTION OF SEAWALL, A SMALL RECLAMATION AREA FOR A LANDING PLACE AND AN EMERGENCY ACCESS ROAD TO HOI HA WILL BE BUILT TO FACILITATE THE WORK.

WORK ON THE CONTRACT WILL START IN MARCH NEXT YEAR AND TAKE FOUR YEARS TO COMPLETE.

PART-TIME JOB EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES SUBJECT TO CONTROL

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AN EMPLOYMENT AGENCY WHICH FINDS PART-TIME JOBS FOR JOB-SEEKERS IS ALSO SUBJECT TO CONTROL BY LAW, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED TODAY (SUNDAY).

ANY ESTABLISHMENT WHICH FINDS EMPLOYMENT FOR PEOPLE IS DEFINED UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE AS AN EMPLOYMENT AGENCY, NO MATTER WHETHER THE EMPLOYMENT IS OF A PART-TIME OR FULL- TIME NATURE, HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT AN EMPLOYMENT AGENCY OPERATOR MUST OBTAIN A LICENCE FROM THE DEPARTMENT AND THAT THE LICENCE FEE IS $300 A YEAR.

THE AMOUNTS OF FEES OR COMMISSIONS THAT CAN BE CHARGED BY AN EMPLOYMENT AGENCY ARE PRESCRIBED BY THE EMPLOYMENT AGENCY REGULATIONS.

THE FEE TO BE PAID BY JOB-SEEKERS FOR FIRST REGISTRATION AND SUBSEQUENT RENEWAL AFTER THREE MONTHS IS LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF $3, AND THE COMMISSION FOR A SUCCESSFUL JOB PLACEMENT TO 10 PER CENT OF THE FIRST MONTH'S SALARY.

THE REGULATIONS ALSO LIMIT THE FEE THAT CAN BE CHARGED BY AN AGENCY TO AN EMPLOYER TO A MAXIMUM OF $10 FOR EACH TYPE OF VACANCY REGISTERED ON FIRST REGISTRATION AND $5 FOR RENEWAL OF SUCH REGISTRATION.

THE COMMISSION