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SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1935

STATUTORY DECLARATION SERVICE POPULAR

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MORE THAN 330 000 STATUTORY DECLARATIONS WERE MADE AT THE PUBLIC SERVICE CENTRES IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1984, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SAID TODAY.

MOST POPULAR WERE DECLARATIONS OF TRUE COPIES, SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS, AND EDUCATION AND EXAMINATIONS.

HE SAID THAT MAKING A STATUTORY DECLARATION WAS SIMPLE AND COST NOTHING TO ANYONE WISHING TO USE THE SERVICE.

THE SERVICE WAS AVAILABLE IN ALL 63 PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.

A DECLARATION COULD BE MADE, TAKEN OR RECEIVED IN ENGLISH OR CHINESE, AND THE DECLARANT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE CONTENTS OF THE STATEMENT IN A STATUTORY DECLARATION FORM AVAILABLE AT ALL PESCS.

AFTER FILLING IN THE FORM, THE DECLARANT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO SWEAR IN FRONT OF A COMMISSIONER FOR OATHS.

THE ONLY DOCUMENT REQUIRED TO BE PRODUCED WAS THE DECLARANT'S IDENTITY CARD, OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT WHICH COULD PROVE IDENTITY.

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SERVICE MAY BE OBTAINED FROM ANY OF THE 63 PESCS OR FROM THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION ON THE 13TH FLOOR, WORLD SHIPPING CENTRE, 7 CANTON ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI, KOWLOON, OR CALL 3-692255,

LABOUR LAW OFFENDERS FINED

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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TOOK OUT 346 PROSECUTIONS FOR BREACHES

OF LABOUR LAWS LAST (DECEMBER) MONTH.

OF THESE, 329 CASES RESULTED IN CONVICTION, WITH FINES TOTALLING $623 350.

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.

THERE WERE 123 CASES CONCERNING VIOLATIONS OF SAFETY REGULATIONS, WITH $388 000 IN FINES.

INCLUDED WERE 58 CASES (WITH $145 800 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS AND 35 CASES (WITH $90 900 IN FINES) FOR BREACH OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (FIRE PRÉCAUTIONS IN REGISTRABLE WORKPLACES) REGULATIONS.

OF THE OTHER PROSECUTIONS, 146 CASES WERE RELATED TO BREACHES OF THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY) REGULATIONS, LEADING TO $136 900 IN FINES.

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