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SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1989

+THE MOST REMARKABLE CHANGE IS THAT THEY CHANGE THEIR TOWARDS POLICE OFFICERS AND ACCEPT DISCIPLINE MORE READILY.

ATTITUDE

*WE HAVE 12 CUB SCOUTS AND ABOUT 40 SCOUTS. THE YOUNGEST MEMBER IN OUR GROUP IS EIGHT YEARS OLD WHILE THE ELDEST IS 14. +

ADDED MR HALLIDAY: WITH RESPECT TO THE EXPANSION OF OUR GROUP, WE HOPE TO SET UP A SMALL VENTURE SCOUT TEAM CATERING FOR THOSE WHO ARE WITHIN THE AGES FROM 15 TO 18.

+ADDITIONALLY, WE HOPE то INCLUDE EITHER IN THE FORM OF A GIRL GUIDE TROOP OR TEAM AS GIRL SCOUTS.

+ NEARLY

GIRLS IN OUR FORMATION JOINING WITH THE SCOUT

ALL THE VOLUNTARY TRAINERS HAVE BASIC SCOUTING TRAINING EXPERIENCE AND SOME OF THEM ARE UNDERTAKING THE ADVANCE TRAINING PROGRAMMES RUN BY THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG.

+WE HOPE THAT THE SCOUT LEADERS CAN BE RECRUITED FROM THE COMMUNITY IN THE FUTURE SO THAT POLICE PERSONNEL TRANSFERS WILL NOT AFFECT OUR GROUP ACTIVITIES.+

EMPLOYERS REMINDED NOT TO HIRE YOUNG PERSONS

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) REMINDED ABOUT THE LAW GOVERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF YOUNG PERSONS.

EMPLOYERS

THIS FOLLOWS A COURT CASE IN WHICH THE PROPRIETOR OF A RESTAURANT WAS FINED $6,000 PLUS $4,500 COSTS BY A TSUEN WAN MAGISTRATE FOR EMPLOYING THREE CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN 13 AND 14.

HAS

NOT

UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN REGULATIONS, A CHILD WHO ATTAINED 13 YEARS OF AGE BUT HAS NOT COMPLETED FORM III IS ALLOWED TO WORK IN CERTAIN OCCUPATIONS INCLUDING THE KITCHEN OF AN EATING PLACE, HAIR-DRESSING SALOON AND MASSAGE PARLOUR,

HOWEVER, THOSE AGED 13 OR ABOVE MAY, WITH THE CONSENT OF THEIR PARENTS. BE ENGAGED ON PART-TIME BASIS IN NON-INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS.

"THESE RESTRICTION ARE TO ENSURE THAT CHILDREN WHO HAVE NOT COMPLETED FORM III SECONDARY EDUCATION SHOULD NOT BE EMPLOYED DURING THEIR NORMAL SCHOOL HOURS AND THAT THEIR HOURS OF WORK BE LIMITED TO TWO HOURS ONLY ON ANY SCHOOL DAY OR FOUR HOURS ON ANY OTHER DAY DURING THE SCHOOL TERM," A LABOUR DEPARTMENT SPORESMAN SAID.

THE REGULATIONS