TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1984
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EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES REMINDED TO SUBMIT RETURNS
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) REMINDED OPERATORS OF EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO SUBMIT TO THE DEPARTMENT QUARTERLY RETURNS SUMMAR ISING THEIR ACTIVITIES.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT FOUR EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES HAD BEEN PROSECUTED RECENTLY FOR FAILING TO SUBMIT SUCH RETURNS WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME. ALL OF THEM WERE CONVICTED AND FINED.
THE SPOKESMAN REITERATED THAT FAILURE TO SUBMIT QUARTERLY RETURNS BY A LICENSEE OF AN EMPLOYMENT AGENCY IN THE PRESCRIBED MANNER IS AN OFFENCE UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE AND THE EMPLOYMENT AGENCY REGULATIONS, AND IS LIABLE, ON CONVICTION, TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $10 000.
ENQUIRIES ON THE OPERATION OF EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES MAY BE MADE TO THE DEPARTMENT'S OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT SERVICES ON TELEPHONE 5-767420 OR 5-767311.
YOUTHS SEEN AT CAMP WORK
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THE SECRETARY FOR CIVIL SERVICE, MR MARTIN ROWLANDS TODAY (TUESDAY) SAW HOW YOUNGSTERS BENEFITED FROM THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME.
HE SPENT THE AFTERNOON TOURING A TRAINING CAMP IN SAI KUNG ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT FOR STUDENT CONSERVATION LEADERS.
ON ARRIVAL AT THE SAI KUNG OUTDOOR RECREATION CENTRE AT 2 PM, HE WAS MET BY MRS RUBY LAU, ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS) OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT; MR M.K. CHEUNG, CONSERVATION OFFICER OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT; DR. YIP LAI-LAN, SENIOR LECTURER OF SIR ROBERT BLACK COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, AND MR K.S. YIP, INSPECTOR, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
AFTER BEING BRIEFED ON THE BACKGROUND OF THE TRAINING CAMP MR ROWLANDS JOINED A GROUP OF 50 STUDENTS, AGED BETWEEN 15 AND 20, IN ANALYSING THE QUALITY OF WATER SAMPLES AT THE FIELD STUDY CENTRE, TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF POLLUTION.
THE AIM OF ORGANISING SUCH CAMPS IS TO ENABLE STUDENTS TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF CONSERVATION PRINCIPLES AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND TO BECOME EFFICIENT LEADERS IN THIS FIELD.
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