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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1990

THEIR EMPLOYEES ANY ENTITLED A MAXIMUM FINE OF

EMPLOYERS WHO FAIL ΤΟ GRANT STATUTORY HOLIDAYS OR HOLIDAY PAY ARE LIABLE $10,000.

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FURTHER ENQUIRIES CONCERNING STATUTORY HOLIDAYS MAY BE MADE ANY BRANCH OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT'S LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICE.

GUIDE TO SAFETY OF NAVIGATION ON SMALL CRAFT AVAILABLE

AT

ΤΟ SAFETY A GUIDE

OF NAVIGATION ON SMALL CRAFT IS AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE FROM VARIOUS MARINE OFFICES, A SPOKESMAN THE MARINE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN BOTH THE GUIDE, AVAILABLE LATEST EFFORT TO EDUCATE SMALL CRAFT SAIL THEIR CRAFT SAFELY.

NOW

FOR

CHINESE AND ENGLISH, IS OPERATORS ON HOW THEY SHOULD

THE

NOTICES

THE MARINE DEPARTMENT HAS ISSUED SEVERAL SAFETY ON BOARD VESSELS BUT ACCIDENTS STILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR.

RELATING

то

TO COMPARED

THE IS CONCERNED AS MANY OF

THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

"ALTHOUGH THE ACCIDENT RATE IS NOT VERY HIGH

THE HARBOUR,

DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC IN THE THESE ACCIDENTS COULD HAVE BEEN EASILY AVOIDED,

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LAST YEAR,

ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED WITH IN 41 LIVES THESE ACCIDENTS LOST AND 50 PERSONS INJURED. TWENTY-NINE PER CENT OF INVOLVED FISHING VESSELS.

THESE THE SPOKESMAN SAID MANY OF THE CREWS DID NOT VESSELS.

OBSERVE SIMPLE PRECAUTIONS WHEN

ACCIDENTS OCCURRED BECAUSE HANDLING THEIR

HE CITED A RECENT COLLISION WHICH RESULTED IN 22-METRE FISHING VESSEL.

THE LOSS

OF A

A

FAMILY

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12 THE

INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE VESSEL WAS OPERATED BY OF FIVE, THREE MEMBERS (TWO GIRLS AND ONE BOY) OF WHOM WERE 10 YEARS OLD. NOBODY POSSESSED A COMPETENCY CERTIFICATE FOR HANDLING VESSEL OR OPERATING THE ENGINE.

COLLISION, EVERYONE WAS HAPPENING

IT WAS LEARNT THAT IN THE HOUR BEFORE THE ON BOARD WAS BUSY HAULING THE NET. NOBODY NOTICED WHAT AROUND THEM AND NOBODY WAS STEERING THE VESSEL.

ONLY THE FATHER AND A 10-YEAR-OLD

ACCIDENT.

GIRL

WERE RESCUED IN THE

/THE SPOKESMAN

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