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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1984

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+THUS NEITHER TAI KOK TSU! NOR MONG KOK DISTRICTS HAVE SIGNS TO THE VEHICULAR FERRIES; WHEREAS THERE ARE 32 DIRECTIONAL SIGNS IN YAU MA TEI, KOWLOON CITY AND KWUN TONG TO GUIDE MOTOR ISTS TO THE FOUR FERRIES IN THESE AREAS,+ HE SAID.

REPLYING TO ANOTHER QUESTION BY MR CHAN, HE CONFIRMED THAT SPEED CHECK SIGNS WERE NOT INCLUDED AS PRESCRIBED TRAFFIC SIGNS IN THE ROAD TRAFFIC LEGISLATION.

THE POLICE, HE SAID, MADE A REGULAR PRACTICE OF DISPLAYING THESE SIGNS NOT ONLY TO GIVE ADVANCE WARNING OF SPEED DETECTION MEASURES, BUT ALSO TO REMIND MOTORISTS OF THE NEED TO OBEY THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE ROAD.

THE SIGNS ARE PLACED AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE MOTORISTS ARE USED TO LOOKING FOR INFORMATION, RATHER THAN ON THE TOP OF POLICE VANS WHERE THEY WOULD IN ANY CASE BE LESS VISIBLE.

+ IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO PRESCRIBE SPEED CHECK SIGNS IN THE LEGISLATION, BECAUSE THEY ARE ADVISORY BY NATURE AND DISCRETIONARY IN USE.

+ THE SPEED LIMIT SIGNS (WHICH ARE PRESCRIBED) PROVIDE. THE BASIS FOR PROSECUTION OF OFFENDERS,+ HE SAID.

WATCH KEPT AGAINST JOBS FOR II'S ****

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT CHECKED ON THE EMPLOYMENT OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN FACTORIES WHILE CARRYING OUT ROUTINE VISITS TO CHECK ON BREACHES OF LABOUR LEGISLATION, COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, THE HON RON BRIDGE SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE DEPARTMENT'S LABOUR INSPECTORS MADE ABOUT 100 000 SUCH VISITS A YEAR TO ABOUT 60 000 FACTORIES, WITH EACH FACTORY VISITED ON AVERAGE ONCE EVERY SEVEN MONTHS, HE SAID,

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, MR BRIDGE SAID: IN ADDITION TO THESE VISITS, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT ALSO, COOPERATES WITH THE POLICE AND IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT IN SPECIAL ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATIONS CAMPAIGNS.

TWELVE SUCH CAMPAIGNS HAD BEEN CONDUCTED, EACH LASTING ABOUT THREE DAYS AND COVERING ABOUT 5 000 FACTORIES IN ADDITION TO OTHER PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT, HE SAID.

AND SO FAR, 47 EMPLOYERS HAD BEEN PROSECUTED BY THE IMMIGRATION *DEPARTMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE EMPLOYMENT OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

SINCE PART IVB OF THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE CAME INTO EFFECT IN NOVEMBER 1980, THE AVERAGE FINE FOR THE CASES HAD BEEN ABOUT $1 000, MR BRIDGE SAID.

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