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WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1989

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BILL TIGHTENS LAW AGAINST ILLEGAL EMPLOYMENT

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HOLDERS OF TWO-WAY LAWFULLY EMPLOYABLE COUNCIL TODAY LEGISLATIVE SECURITY, THE HON ALISTAIR

ΤΟ MAKE IT CLEAR THAT A BILL SEEKING PERMITS ISSUED BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT ARE NOT

KONG WAS

THE INTRODUCED INTO IN HONG (WEDNESDAY) BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR ASPREY.

(AMENDMENT} BILL

FACILITATE PROSECUTIONS

MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE IMMIGRATION 1989, MR ASPREY SAID THE BILL ALSO SOUGHT TO AGAINST THOSE WHO EMPLOYED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

IMMIGRANTS HAD

THIS WAS IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT SOME ILLEGAL SUCCEEDED IN OBTAINING EMPLOYMENT DURING THEIR STAY IN HONG KONG.

EXPLAINING THE BILL'S PROVISIONS, MR ASPREY SAID IN

ILLEGAL 4,500

IMMIGRANTS FOUR MONTHS OF THIS YEAR NEARLY ARRESTED, AN AVERAGE OF 38 A DAY.

THE FIRST HAD BELN

INSPECTORS "CLAUSE FOUR OF THE BILL MAKES IT CLEAR THAT LABOUR

PRODUCE FOR INSPECTION HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE AN EMPLOYER TO THE RECORD OF HIS EMPLOYEES, HE SAID.

IS EMPLOYER

EMPLOYED

ILLEGAL EVIDENCE TO

"IF THE

SUSPECTED OF HAVING IMMIGRANTS, LABOUR INSPECTORS WILL BE EMPOWERED TO SEIZE SUBSTANTIATE THIS, SUCH AS THE RECORD OF EMPLOYEES.

"THE EMPLOYER WILL BE ENTITLED RETENTION. AND WILL RECORD FOR HIS ORIGINAL.

"

TO TAKE A

OF PHOTOCOPY BE GIVEN A RECEIPT FOR

THE

THE

DURING THE INSPECTION OF A ENABLE A LABOUR

IF THE EMPLOYER WAS NOT PRESENT PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT, CLAUSE FIVE OF THE BILL WOULD

PRODUCTION OF THE RECORDS WITHIN INSPECTOR TO REQUIRE NOTICE IN WRITING SERVED ON THE EMPLOYER.

72 HOURS BY

BY MEANS

OF

THE BILL WOULD MR ASPREY WENT ON TO SAY THAT CLAUSE THREE of

PERSON WAS NOT LAWFULLY EMPLOYABLE ENABLE EVIDENCE THAT A BROUGHT

A CERTIFICATE IMMIGRATION.

SIGNED

BY THE

DIRECTOR

TO BE OF

FOR

"THIS WILL AVOID THE NEED IMMIGRANTS SIMPLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF BROUGHT AGAINST AN EMPLOYER, HE SAID.

"

OF DETENTION

ILLEGAL BE

LENGTHY ENABLING A PROSECUTION TO

TWO-WAY PERMITS ISSUED BY KONG WAS

THE CLARIFICATION THAT HOLDERS OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WERE NOT LAWFULLY EMPLOYABLE IN HONG MADE IN CLAUSE TWO, HE ADDED.

DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.

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