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MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1987

100 WORKERS WHO WERE AS A RESULT,

ΤΟ SUSPECTED IMMIGRANTS OR TWO-WAY PERMIT HOLDERS WERE REFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS.

THE

SPOKESMAN SAID

BE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

THAT PENALTY FOR EMPLOYING ILLEGAL DISCOVERED SO IMMIGRANTS WAS SO SEVERE AND THE CHANCE OF THEIR BEING HIGH THAT NO EMPLOYER IN HIS RIGHT MIND WOULD RISK DOING IT.

JOBS IMPRISONMENT FOR

"UNDER THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE, ANY EMPLOYER WHO OFFERS TO II'S ARE LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $50,000 AND ONE YEAR.

TH

DEPARTMENT AI:SO FAILED то KEEP A

DURING THE SAME FIVE-MONTH PERIOD, THE LABOUR TOOK OUT EIGHT PROSECUTIONS AGAINST EMPLOYERS WHO PROPER RECORD OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.

OP ALL NUMBER OF

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE RECORD SHOULD CONTAIN THE NAMES EMPLOYEES, THE TYPE OF IDENTITY DOCUMENTS THEY USE AND THE SUCH DOCUMENTS.

"FAILING TO DO SO CONSTITUTES AN OFFENCE AND FINE OF $10,000, HE ADDED.

IS LIABLE TO A

MEANWHILE,

OFFICERS

FROM THE LABOUR AND IMMIGRATION JOINT DEPARTMENTS

INSPECTION

SOME INDUSTRIAL CARRIED OUT A UNDERTAKINGS IN KOWLOON THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON.

ON

WONG IN

THEY VISITED A CONSTRUCTION SITE FACTORIES IN SAN PO KONG WHERE THEY INSPECTED THE

EMPLOYED WORKERS AND THE IDENTITY DOCUMENTS OF SUSPECTED II'S WERE FOUND DURING THE VISITS.

TAI SIN AND SOME EMPLOYEES' RECORDS

HOWEVER,

THERE.

NO

WOMEN URGED TO BE MORE ACTIVE IN CREDIT UNION MOVEMENT

*

THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN SAID TODAY (MONDAY) THAT WOMEN IN THE REGION COULD INVOLVE MORE ACTIVELY IN CREDIT UNION MOVEMENT.

SHE WAS ADDRESSING THE OPENING CEREMONY OF A WEEK-LONG SEMINAR

OF CREDIT CO-SPONSORED BY THE ASIAN CONFEDERATION CREDIT UNION LEAGUE OF HONG KONG,

UNIONS AND THE

/SHE TOLD