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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1990

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11 FILIPINOS APPREHENDED FOR UNAPPROVED EMPLOYMENTS

ACTING ON INFORMATION, IMMIGRATION INVESTIGATORS RAIDED ESTABLISHMENTS INCLUDING FASHION SHOPS,

BEAUTY SALOONS AND EMPLOYMENT AGENCY IN CENTRAL IN THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 8.

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IDENTITY CHECKS WERE CONDUCTED ON MORE THAN 70 PERSONS AT THESE PLACES.

DURING THE OPERATION, 10 FILIPINA DOMESTIC HELPERS AND A FILIPINO VISITOR, AGED BETWEEN 26 AND 46, WERE APPREHENDED.

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THEY WERE SUSPECTED TO HAVE TAKEN UP UNAPPROVED EMPLOYMENTS HAIRDRESSERS OR SHOP/AGENCY ASSISTANTS AT THESE ESTABLISHMENTS. ONE OF THE DOMESTIC HELPERS WAS ALSO FOUND ΤΟ HAVE OVERSTAYED IN HONG KONG.

FIVE HONG KONG RESIDENTS ARE ASSISTING WITH THE INVESTIGATION.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID: "UNDER THE LAWS OF HONG KONG, A FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPER IS ONLY ALLOWED ΤΟ WORK FOR A SPECIFIC EMPLOYER UNDER A SPECIFIC EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT ATTESTED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

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"HE/SHE SHOULD NOT WORK IN ANOTHER HOUSEHOLD OR CARRY NON-HOUSEHOLD CHORES. IT IS ALSO AN OFFENCE FOR THE EMPLOYER TO ASK HIS/HER DOMESTIC HELPER TO DO SO."

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HE ALSO WARNED THOSE WHO HAVE BREACHED THEIR CONDITION OF HERE THAT THEY ARE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION AND UPON CONVICTION TO A FINE OF $5,000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR TWO YEARS.

THOSE WHO AID AND ABET OTHER PEOPLE TO COMMIT THE OFFENCES ARE ALSO LIABLE TO PROSECUTION AND PENALTY.

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WATER STORAGE FIGURE

STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY} STOOD AT 52.3 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 306.825 MILLION CUBIC METRES.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 379.532 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 64.8 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.

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