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SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1984

HE ALSO PRESENTED CERTIFICATES TO 32 YOUTHS WHO HAD TAKEN PART IN AN 18-DAY COURSE.

AMONG THEM, 15 WERE GIVEN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BY THE GOVERNMENT.

THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SCHOOL INTRODUCED A SCHEME TO HELP DESERVING YOUNG PEOPLE TAKE PART IN OUTWARD BOUND COURSES BY PROVIDING AIDED PLACES.

SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SCHEME ABOUT A YEAR AGO, MORE THAN 1 000 YOUTHS, INCLUDING HANDICAPPED PEOPLE, HAVE JOINED THE COURSES.

MR YUNG SAID THE SCHEME WOULD CONTINUE, WITH NEW TYPES OF COURSES TO SUIT THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE.

THERE ARE 180 AIDED PLACES AVAILABLE FOR FIVE TYPES OF COURSES TO BE HELD AT THE SCHOOL BETWEEN NEXT MONTH (APRIL) AND JUNE.

PEOPLE ABOVE THE AGE OF 11 SHOULD SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATIONS TO THE RECREATION AND SPORTS SERVICE (RSS) ON THE 11TH FLOOR OF WING ON CENTRE, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL.

APPLICATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE 19 DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE RSS.

LABOUR LAW OFFENDERS FINED

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A TOTAL OF 627 PROSECUTIONS FOR BREACHES OF LABOUR LAWS TAKEN OUT BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT RESULTED IN CONVICTION BY THE COURTS LAST (FEBRUARY) MONTH, WITH FINES IMPOSED AMOUNTING TO MORE THAN $630 000,

MOST OF THE CASES RELATED TO 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 CONCERNING VIOLATIONS OF SAFETY REGULATIONS TOTALLED 271, WITH $415 800 IN FINES. THESE INCLUDED 122 CASES (WITH $150 000 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS AND 58 CASES (WITH $174 350 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS.

CASES RELATING TO BREACHES OF THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY) REGULATIONS ACCOUNTED FOR 270, WITH $156 750 IN FINES.

OF THE OTHER PROSECUTIONS, THESE CASES WERE RELATED TO FAILURE TO KEEP RECORD OF EMPLOYEES, LEADING TO $1 550 IN FINES.

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