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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1990

THAT

BILL BY

REPLYING TO POINTS RAISED BY MEMBERS, MR ASPREY EXPLAINED THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSED TO MONITOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE REFERENCE TO THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARRESTED, PROSECUTED AND IMPRISONED, AND TO REVIEW WHERE IT STOOD IN SIX MONTHS' TIME.

"IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT IT WOULD BE DESIRABLE TO REDUCE THE UNLAWFULLY MAXIMUM SENTENCE FOR THE OFFENCE OF ENTERING AND REMAINING IN HONG KONG, PARTICULARLY FOR FIRST OFFENDERS. AND THAT IT WOULD ALSO BE DESIRABLE NOT TO PROSECUTE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS OR CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FOUND AT PLACES OF WORK.

"THESE AND OTHER MATTERS CAN BE REVIEWED THEN.

"BUT WE MUST BE CAREFUL NOT TO SEND THE

SAID.

WRONG MESSAGE, HE

HE AGREED WITH THE HON JIMMY MCGREGOR AND THE HON ELSIE TU THAT THERE WAS A NEED, FOR THE PRESENT AT LEAST, TO IMPORT LABOUR INTO HONG KONG.

"BUT

I

THAT

THIS

MUST

BE

OF THE EXPLOITATION,

IMMIGRATION BELIEVE STRONGLY CONTROLLED IN THE INTEREST OF ALL, INCLUDING IN THE INTEREST WORKERS THEMSELVES SO AS TO REDUCE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MR ASPREY SAID.

CHARGE OF

WERE

TURNING TO MEASURES WHICH EMPLOYERS, AND THOSE IN CONSTRUCTION SITES SHOULD TAKE TO ENSURE THAT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS NOT EMPLOYED ON THEIR PREMISES, MR ASPREY EXPLAINED THAT THE AMENDMENT

FOR EMPLOYERS WHERE DEFENCE

ALL 17 I TO SECTION

NOW PROVIDED A

EMPLOYER HAD PRACTICABLE STEPS HAD BEEN TAKEN TO DETERMINE THAT THE LAWFULLY BEEN EMPLOYABLE.

"A

IS

CONTROLLER ADDED.

ΤΟ A SIMILAR DEFENCE

CHARGED WITH AN OFFENCE UNDER THE NEW

AVAILABLE

SITE CONSTRUCTION

SECTION 38A, HE

"

MR

GUIDELINES STEPS".

"THE

THAT DETAILED PRACTICABLE

ASPREY SAID SEVERAL MEMBERS HAD REQUESTED

WHAT

"ALL CONSTITUTED BE

DOWN AS TO LAID

ΤΟ

VARY FROM INDUSTRY BE TAKEN WILL STEPS THAT CAN

TO CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, FACTORY TO FACTORY AND CONSTRUCTION SITE SITE.

"IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SPECIFY ALL PRACTICABLE STEPS THAT WOULD

MR ASPREY SAID. BE APPLICABLE IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES,

H

DETAILS

HE ADDED THAT SUCH MEASURES COULD INCLUDE CHECKING THE

OR OTHER FORM OF OF THE IDENTITY CARD OF A POTENTIAL EMPLOYEE, IDENTIFICATION; TO INSTITUTE CHECKS ON SITE AT RANDOM TIMES; MAKE IT A CONDITION OF ENTRY TO A SITE, FACTORY OR OTHER THAT A PERSON HAD TO IDENTIFY HIMSELF.

AND TO WORK PLACE

/"PRACTICAL ADVICE

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