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INDUSTRIAL SAFETY LAW COVERS CATERING TRADE

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WILL BE PROTECTED

ALL WORKERS IN THE CATERING TRADE WORK HAZARDS UNDER NEWLY-AMENDED INDUSTRIAL SAFETY LEGISLATION.

AGAINST

WILL

THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (AMENDMENT)

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL LAST MONTH ORDINANCE 1990 PASSED IN BRING ALL RESTAURANTS AND EATING ESTABLISHMENTS UNDER OF AN INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKING WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.

THE DEFINITION

EXPECTED THAT CENT OF THE LABOUR A LABOUR DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN

"AS A RESULT OF THE EXTENSION OF THE LAW, IT IS ANOTHER 162,000 EMPLOYEES, OR A FURTHER SIX PER FORCE, WILL COME UNDER ITS PROTECTION, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

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MAKE

ΤΟ

NECESSARY

INTO EFFECT NEXT DECEMBER "THE LAW IS EXPECTED TO COME

ΤΟ FOR THE CATERING TRADE ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIME PREPARATION FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE LEGISLATION," HE EXPLAINED.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID APPROPRIATE TO COINCIDE WITH THE CHANGE, AMENDMENTS WERE ALSO MADE UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN (AMENDMENT} REGULATIONS 1990 TO ENSURE THAT CHILDREN AGED 13 TO 14 COULD TO BE EMPLOYED IN CATERING ESTABLISHMENTS.

CONTINUE

ΤΟ

WORK ONLY IN THE

IN AS WELL

OTHER AS CERTAIN

BEING CONDITIONS

"THEY ARE, HOWEVER, GENERALLY PERMITTED TO

OF NON-KITCHEN AREAS

ESTABLISHMENTS, SUCH UNDERTAKINGS, SUBJECT NON-INDUSTRIAL OBSERVED," HE STRESSED.

THE REGULATIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO TAKE EFFECT FROM NEXT YEAR.

DECEMBER

LABOUR THE MEANWHILE,

CAMPAIGN AMONG CATERING

DEPARTMENT WILL MOUNT A PUBLICITY PERSONNEL AND OTHER PARTIES CONCERNED TO PROMOTE SAFETY AND HEALTH PRECAUTIONS AND TO ASSIST THEM IN COMPLYING WITH THE NEW LEGISLATION.

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SUSPECTED HEROIN SEIZED

CUSTOMS OFFICERS AT THE MAN KAM TO CONTROL POINT SEIZED ABOUT $2.2 MILLION WORTH OF SUSPECTED NO. 4 HEROIN ON AN INCOMING LORRY THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON.

AT 4.20 PM, CUSTOMS OFFICERS AT THE CONTROL POINT INTERCEPTED THE LORRY FOR A ROUTINE INSPECTION.

AT THE BACK OF THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER'S SEAT, CUSTOMS OFFICERS FOUND 12 BLOCKS OF SUSPECTED NO. 4 HEROIN WEIGHING A TOTAL OF 4.2 KG.

THE LORRY DRIVER, AGED 33, HAS BEEN DETAINED AND IS TO BE CHARGED WITH TRAFFICKING IN A DANGEROUS DRUG LATER.

EXPECTED

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