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TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1989

WRITTEN CONTRACT REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS WORK

EMPLOYERS

WERE TODAY

REQUIRED BY LAW TO ENTER INTO

A

THAT

THEY

(TUESDAY) REMINDED

WERE WRITTEN CONTRACT WITH ALL MANUAL WORKERS WHOM THEY ENGAGE TO WORK OUTSIDE HONG KONG.

THE CONTRACTS MUST BE SIGNED BY THE WORKERS AND ATTESTED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT BEFORE THEIR DEPARTURE.

EMPLOYER WAS FINED $2,000 BY A IN A RECENT COURT CASE, AN WESTERN COURT MAGISTRATE FOR FAILING TO ENTER INTO A WRITTEN WITH HIS EMPLOYEE WHO WORKED AS A MECHANIC OUTSIDE HONG KONG.

CONTRACT

COMPANY WAS FOUND ΤΟ HAVE HONG KONG WITHOUT SUBMITTING FOR ATTESTATION, DESPITE

IN ANOTHER CONVICTION, A TRADING EMPLOYED FOUR WORKERS TO WORK OUTSIDE

DEPARTMENT TO THE LABOUR ANY CONTRACT AGREEMENTS BEING MADE WITH THE EMPLOYEES IN THEIR TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT. A SAN РО KONG COURT THE EMPLOYER WAS SUBSEQUENTLY FINED $3,200 BY MAGISTRATE.

THAT UNDER THE CONTRACTS A LABOUR DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID

HIS AGENT FOR EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE HONG KONG ORDINANCE, AN EMPLOYER OR

INTO A WRITTEN CONTRACT WOULD BE PROSECUTED IF HE FAILED TO ENTER

WORKER TO DEPART WITH A MANUAL WORKER BEFORE DEPARTURE OR INDUCED A FROM HONG KONG FOR EMPLOYMENT BEFORE THE CONTRACT WAS ATTESTED.

UPON CONVICTION, AN EMPLOYER IS LIABLE TO A FINE OF $50,000.

ABOUT

THE RESPECTIVE RIGHTS

AND

OF OBLIGATIONS ENQUIRIES EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS UNDER THE CONTRACTS FOR EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE HONG KONG ORDINANCE MAY BE MADE TO THE EXTERNAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AT 5-8523535 OR 5-8523537.

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MAY RAINFALL FOURTH HIGHEST ON RECORD

IN HONG MAY WAS A VERY EVENTFUL MONTH IN TERMS OF THE WEATHER

REPORTED DURING ONE KONG. RAINFALL WAS MUCH ABOVE NORMAL, WITH HAIL

ALSO OF THE MANY RAIN EPISODES. TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNING SIGNALS WERE

APPROACH OF TYPHOON HOISTED FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR DURING THE

HAD NOT BEEN BRENDA, INCLUDING THE NO. 8 GALE OR STORM SIGNAL WHICH HOISTED SINCE AUGUST 1986.

298.1

TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTED TO THE LON' HLY

771.9 MILLIMETRES, WHICH IS MORE THAN TWO AND A HALF TIMES THE NORMAL RAINFALL MILLIMETRES AND THE FOURTH HIGHEST ON RECORD FOR MAY.

OF

THIS BROUGHT