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WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1987

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MORE STRINGENT MEASURES TO CURB EMPLOYMENT OF II'S

THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR DAVID JEAFFRESON, (WEDNESDAY) THE GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING MORE STRINGENT CURB THE EMPLOYMENT OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS,

THE

SAID TODAY MEASURES TO

NOTED THAT

SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR JEAFFRESON NEW MEASURES "WILL PROBABLY INCLUDE REFINEMENTS TO POLICE PROCEDURES FOR DEALING WITH SUCH CASES AND AMENDMENTS TO THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE TO TIGHTEN UP THE REQUIREMENTS FOR EMPLOYERS ΤΟ KEEP PROPER RECORDS AND TO CHECK THE VALIDITY OF IDENTITY DOCUMENTS PRESENTED BY NEW EMPLOYEES.

HE POINTED OUT THAT FROM JANUARY 1985 TO JUNE THIS YEAR, A TOTAL OF 251 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WERE CAUGHT BY THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT WORKING IN HONG KONG. OF THESE, 55 WERE INTERCEPTED IN 1985, 122 IN 1986 AND 74 IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1987

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RAIDS ON OF OTHER RECORDS

"MANY MORE HAVE BEEN CAUGHT BY THE POLICE IN CONSTRUCTION SITES AND OTHER PREMISES, OFTEN IN THE COURSE INVESTIGATIONS. THE POLICE HAVE NOT BEEN KEEPING CONSOLIDATED UNTIL THIS YEAR BUT SINCE JANUARY 1 THIS YEAR, THEY HAVE FOUND 309 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ON CONSTRUCTION SITES AS A RESULT OF 93 RAIDS UP TO JULY 6 HE ADDED.

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MR JEAFFRESON WENT ON TO

SAY THAT 79 LOCAL EMPLOYERS WERE PROSECUTED FOR EMPLOYING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. OF THESE, 15 WERE PROSECUTED IN 1985, 33 IN 1986 AND 31 IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR.

DURING THE SAME PERIOD, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT INITIATED A TOTAL OF 57 PROSECUTIONS AGAINST EMPLOYERS WHO FAILED TO PRODUCE OR PROPERLY MAINTAIN RECORDS OF EMPLOYEES. FIFTY-THREE OF THE EMPLOYERS WERE CONVICTED.

UNIVERSITIES FREE TO DECIDE OWN CURRICULA

OR

THE

FOR

TOLD

THE

THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY DOES NOT SEEK TO DETERMINE IN INSTITUTIONS FUNDED BY INFLUENCE THE CONTENTS OF CURRICULA UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE (UPCC), THE SECRETARY

THE HON EDUCATION AND MANPOWER,

MICHELANGELO LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

HON CHEUNG

PAGLIARI,

YAN-LUNG, HE SAID

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE

DEGREE AND THAT THERE WAS A COMPREHENSIVE POLICY ON THE PROVISION OF

OF SUB-DEGREE PLACES AT THE INSTITUTIONS

TERTIARY EDUCATION WHICH SOUGHT TO MEET THE ASPIRATIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

AND ALSO TO PROVIDE TRAINED MANPOWER IN SPECIFIC NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

AREAS TO MEET THE

/HE SAID