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SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1986

A TOTAL OF 9 819 EMPLOYEES WERE CHECKED AND FIVE PERSONS IN FIVE ESTABLISHMENTS WERE FOUND WITHOUT PROPER PROOF OF IDENTITY. THEY HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

ANOTHER 47 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.

SPIRIT OF YIN NGAI MOVEMENT PRAISED *****

THE ACTING GOVERNOR'S WIFE, LADY AKERS-JONES, PRAISED THE YIN NGAI SOCIETIES' SPIRIT OF +SELF-HELP AND CO-OPERATION+ DURING HER VISIT TO THE YIN NGAI CENTRAL COUNCIL (YNCC) HEADQUARTERS IN SHAM SHUI PO TODAY (SATURDAY).

+ IT IS VERY ENCOURAGING THAT SINCE THE YIN NGAI MOVEMENT STARTED IN 1981, IT HAD EXTENDED FROM THE NEW TOWNS TO THE URBAN AREAS,+ SHE SAID.

LADY AKERS-JONES NOTED THAT AT PRESENT THERE WERE 30 YIN NGAI SOCIETIES WITH MORE THAN 4 400 MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.

THE FIRST YIN NGA! SOCIETY WAS FORMED IN 1981 WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF PROMOTING WOMEN'S WELFARE AND ENCOURAGING THEIR PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.

THE YIN NGAI SOCIETIES ARE NON-PROFIT-MAKING ASSOCIATIONS WHICH PROVIDE AVENUES FOR HOUSEWIVES TO GET TOGETHER, EXCHANGE VIEWS IN HOUSECRAFT, HELP ONE ANOTHER AND MAKE BETTER USE OF THEIR SPARE TIME.

THE WORD +YIN+ REPRESENTS THE VIRTUE OF WOMEN AND +NGAI+ DENOTES DRIVE AND DETERMINATION TO FACE CHALLENGE.

ON ARRIVAL AT THE YNCC HEADQUARTERS THIS AFTERNOON, LADY AKERS-JONES WAS MET BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS OF THE YNCC, AND DISTRICT YIN NGAI SOCIETIES CHAIRWOMEN.

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