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FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1988
BE
SELF-STANDING AND NOT
"BY 1997 HONG KONG'S LAWS MUST DEPENDENT UPON UNITED KINGDOM LEGISLATION, HE SAID.
UNITED
11
OWN
MUST EXAMPLES OF AREAS IN WHICH HONG KONG
LOCALISK ITS LAWS AND CEASE TO RELY UPON
KINGDOM LEGISLATION ARE ΤΟ BE AND FOUND IN THE FIELDS OF MERCHANT SHIPPING, CIVIL AVIATION, PATENTS COPYRIGHT.
"THESE SUBJECTS HAVE ALL BEEN MARKED DOWN BY THE HONG KONG DRAFTING WORK HAS GOVERNMENT AS MATTERS FOR EARLY CONSIDERATION AND ALREADY BEGUN, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID.
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COURT OF
A MR THOMAS ALSO SAID IT WAS DESIRABLE TO ESTABLISH FINAL APPEAL WELL BEFORE 1997 IN ORDER TO ENSURE A SMOOTH TRANSITION.
TO
CERTAIN GROUP
THE BILINGUAL LEGISLATION PROJECT, THE CODIFICATION OF AREAS OF THE LAW AND THE WORK RELATING
THE JOINT LIAISON WERE AMONG THOSE TASKS WHICH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL REGARDED AS NECESSARY FOR THE TRANSITION.
MAXIMUM FINES UNDER EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE TO INCREASE
A BILL WHICH SEEKS TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM FINES THAT MAY BE IMPOSED BY A COURT FOR OFFENCES UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE AND ITS SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE (FRIDAY).
TODAY
MAXIMUM
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SAID THE PRESENT FINES UNDER THE PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE AND THE EMPLOYMENT AGENCY AND REGULATIONS, REGULATIONS, THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY) THE EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN REGULATIONS WERE BASED ON THE LEVELS SET IN 1968 WHEN THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE WAS ENACTED.
"IT IS THEREFORE CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE TO INCREASE THE 1AXIMUM FINES SO AS TO MAINTAIN THE DETERRENT EFFECT OF THE VARIOUS PENALTY PROVISIONS," HE SAID.
FROM
(AMENDMENT)
$5,000
TO
THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT BILL 1988, THE PROPOSED NEW MAXIMUM FINES WILL RANGE $20,000, DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF THE OFFENCE.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE CASE OF LESS
WRITTEN
FAILURE TO PROVIDE A
STATEMENT
SERIOUS OFFENCES, OF SEVERANCE PAY
THAT THE
SERVICE PAYMENT TO EMPLOYEES, IT IS PROPOSED SHOULD BE $5,000.
SUCH AS OR
LONG
MAXIMUM
FINE
/BUT FOR
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