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SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 1988

EASTERN CROSS HARBOUR MAIN LAYING WORK AUTHORISED

A

AUTHORISATION HAS BEEN GIVEN FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO CONSTRUCT CROSS HARBOUR SUBMARINE FRESH WATER PIPELINE WITHIN AN AREA OF ABOUT

BETWEEN CHA KWO RIGHT HECTARES OF FORESHORE QUARRY BAY.

AND

SEABED

THE PIPELINE WILL BE USED TO TRANSFER TREATED KONG TREATMENT WORKS IN KOWLOON TO SHAU KEI WAN SERVICE HONG KONG ISLAND.

LING AND

WATER

FROM PAK RESERVOIR ON

START WORK IS EXPECTED TO JANUARY NEXT YEAR.

THIS

MONTH

AND

BE

COMPLETED BY

NOTICE

THE EXTENT OF THE AFFECTED AREA HAS BEEN DESCRIBED IN A PUBLISHED IN THE LATEST ISSUE OF THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION SHOULD BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING DIRECTOR OF BUILDINGS AND LANDS BY MARCH 17, 1989.

TO THE

EMPLOYERS URGED TO TAKE OUT INSURANCE POLICIES

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT

TODAY

(SUNDAY)

REMINDED

EMPLOYERS

To

TAKE OUT INSURANCE POLICIES FOR ALL THEIR EMPLOYEES.

THE EMPLOYEE'S A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT UNDER COMPENSATION ORDINANCE, EMPLOYERS MUST TAKE OUT INSURANCE POLICIES COVER THEIR FULL LIABILITIES TO COMPENSATE THE EMPLOYEES FOR AND DEATH SUSTAINED AT WORK.

THAT

AN

INJURED

EMPLOYEE

TO

INJURIES

WOULD OBTAIN

ENSURE "THIS IS TO COMPENSATION WHICH HE IS ENTITLED TO UNDER THE LAW," HE ADDED.

WHO CONTRAVENED THE ORDINANCE HE STRESSED THAT ANY EMPLOYER

$50,000 COMMITTED AN OFFENCE AND WOULD BE LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF AND TWO YEARS' IMPRISONMENT.

THE ORDINANCE ALSO STIPULATES

EMPLOYERS THAT

FULL COST OF THE POLICIES AND ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DEDUCT BARNINGS OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.

MUST BEAR THE IT FROM THE

IN ADDITION,

ARE THEY PLACES SPECIFIC FORMS SHOWING POLICIES,

REQUIRED

THE

ΤΟ

OF PARTICULARS

DISPLAY

IN

CONSPICUOUS

THE

INSURANCE

THE SPOKESMAN