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SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1984

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A TOTAL OF 13 PERSONS IN 11 ESTABLISHMENTS WERE FOUND WITHOUT PROPER PROOF OF IDENTITY AND HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

ANOTHER 81 ESTABLISHMENTS WERE FOUND TO BE KEEPING EITHER

NO RECORD OR IMPROPER RECORDS OF EMPLOYEES.

THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED EMPLOYERS THAT THEY COULD BE FINED UP TO $50 000 AND JAILED FOR UP TO A YEAR IF THEY WERE FOUND TO BE EMPLOYING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

REVIEW OF ACTION ON RESCUE OPERATIONS CONDUCTED

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SINCE THE SINKING OF THE BARQUENTINE OSPREY LAST SEPTEMBER, THE GOVERNMENT HAS CONDUCTED ITS OWN REVIEW OF ACTION TAKEN BY RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.

HE EXPLAINED THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF AREAS WHERE THE NEED FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN SEARCH AND RESCUE PROCEDURES HAD ALREADY BEEN IDENT IF JED AND HE SUMMARISED BOTH THE ACTION THAT HAD BEEN TAKEN IN THESE AREAS AND THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANS FOR FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS.

HE EMPHASISED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS ALSO BEING GUIDED IN THIS MATTER BY THE FINDINGS OF THE MARINE COURT OF INQUIRY INTO THE LOSS OF THE OSPREY, PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 10.

FIRSTLY, AT THE LEVEL OF OVERALL SEARCH AND RESCUE RESPONSIBILITIES, HE EXPLAINED THAT THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT'S STANDING INSTRUCTIONS ON THE ORGANISATION OF SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS HAD BEEN REVISED.

THE NEW INSTRUCTIONS CLARIFIED THE RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE TO DIRECT SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS FOR VESSELS EITHER LOST OR IN DISTRESS. AND FOR THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION TO ACT SIMILARLY IN RESPECT OF AIRCRAFT.

THE RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION TO ASSIST THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE BY DEPLOYING AIRCRAFT IN SEARCH OF A LOST VESSEL, AND OF THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE TO ASSIST THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION BY DEPLOYING SHIPS IN SEARCH OF A LOST AIRCRAFT, WERE ALSO CLAR IF IED.

THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT THE NEED FOR FURTHER ORGANISATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS WAS NOW BEING CONSIDERED BY A GOVERNMENT WORK ING GROUP SET UP TO EXAMINE CURRENT SEARCH AND RESCUE PROCEDURES.

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