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SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 1990

'FLEXI DESIGN' PRIMARY SCHOOL FOR SHEK WU HUI

IN

WORK ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 'FLEXI DESIGN' PRIMARY SCHOOL

AWARD OF A $25.14 SHEK WU HUI, SHEUNG SHUI HAS BEGUN FOLLOWING THE MILLION CONTRACT BY THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

BUILDING

OF SITE

THE

WU HUI, THE LOCATED IN AREA 6, SHEK SCHOOL COVERS AN AREA OF ABOUT 6,800 SQUARE METRES.

TO ACCOMMODATE THE SCHOOL WILL COMPRISE A MAIN TEACHING BLOCK

COVERED PLAYGROUND, AN ASSEMBLY 30 CLASSROOMS AND SPECIAL ROOMS, A

STAFF INCLUDING COURT AND ANCILLARY BUILDINGS HALL, A BASKETBALL QUARTERS.

THE WORK IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN JULY NEXT YEAR.

CHILD EMPLOYMENT IN FACTORIES IS AN OFFENCE

то

EMPLOYERS ARE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION IF THEY EMPLOY CHILDREN

INDUSTRIAL

A UNDERTAKING,

LABOUR WORK IN AN

DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN

WARNED TODAY (SUNDAY).

THE WARNING CAME IN THE WAKE OF A RECENT COURT AN EMPLOYER WAS FINED $4,000 BY A KWUN TONG MAGISTRATE A CHILD IN HIS COMPUTER EMBROIDERY FACTORY.

FOUND

CASE IN WHICH FOR EMPLOYING

то ATTENDING THE 14-YEAR-OLD CHILD WAS MACHINE DURING AN INSPECTION BY LABOUR INSPECTORS.

"

ΤΟ "ACCORDING

THE

AN

EMBROIDERY

REGULATIONS,

NO

EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN

OF 15 IN ANY INDUSTRIAL PERSON SHALL EMPLOY A CHILD UNDER THE AGE

LABOUR UNDERTAKINGS," SAID SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER MRS TERESA LO OF THE DEPARTMENT.

EMPLOYED ONLY "A CHILD AGED 13 AND ABOVE MAY, HOWEVER, BE

IN NON-INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT SUBJECT TO PART-TIME JOBS IN

CERTAIN

RESTRICTIONS, SHE ADDED.

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ANYONE WHO EMPLOYS A CHILD LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $20,000.

IN AN

INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKING IS

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