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THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1987

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CO-OPERATION OF EMPLOYERS URGED

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY) CALLED ON THE PUBLIC CO-OPERATE WITH ITS OFFICERS.

TO

THE APPEAL FOLLOWED A RECENT COURT CASE IN WHICH THE EMPLOYER OF AN INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKING WAS FINED $750 BY A SAN PO KONG MAGISTRATE FOR OBSTRUCTING A LABOUR INSPECTOR. HE WAS ALSO ORDERED ΤΟ PAY $1,000 COURT COST.

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE INSPECTOR WENT TO THE FACTORY ΤΟ CHECK THE EMPLOYEES' RECORDS AND IDENTITY CARDS UNDER THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION AND IMMIGRATION ORDINANCES.

HE SAID THE EMPLOYER, AFTER LEARNING THE IDENTITY OF THE INSPECTOR, BECAME HOSTILE AND UNCO-OPERATIVE. NOT ONLY DID HE REFUSE TO LET THE INSPECTOR CARRY OUT HER DUTIES, HE ALSO TOOK A PHOTOGRAPH OF HER WITHOUT HER CONSENT.

IT WAS ONLY AFTER THE POLICE AND OTHER SENIOR LABOUR INSPECTORS WERE CALLED IN THAT THE EMPLOYER FINALLY PRODUCED HIS EMPLOYEES' RECORD FOR INSPECTION.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID ALL LABOUR INSPECTORS WERE ENTER AND INSPECT, AT ALL REASONABLE TIMES, ANY PLACES FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF PART IVB OF THE IMMIGRATION OTHER LABOUR LEGISLATION.

AUTHORISED ΤΟ

OF EMPLOYMENT

ORDINANCE AND

UNDER THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE, ANY PERSON WHO OBSTRUCTS OR DELAYS AN AUTHORISED OFFICER IN THE EXERCISE OF HIS DUTIES COMMITS AN OFFENCE AND IS LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $10,000.

DEADLINE FOR VIEWS ON NOISE BILL EXTENDED

IN RESPONSE TO REQUESTS FROM THE PUBLIC, THE DEADLINE FOR THE SUBMISSION OF VIEWS ON THE DRAFT NOISE CONTROL BILL 1987 HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO THE END OF JUNE, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY).

THE ORIGINAL DEADLINE WAS JUNE 13, 1987.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE COMMENTS TO THE SECRETARY FOR GOVERNMENT OFFICES, LOWER ALBERT JACKSON ROAD BEFORE JULY 1, 1987.

INVITED TO SUBMIT THEIR VIEWS AND HEALTH AND WELFARE AT CENTRAL ROAD, OR THE OMELCO OFFICE AT

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