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SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1991

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STRICT ENFORCEMENT ACTION TO CURB ILLEGAL PARKING NEAR BEACHES

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POLICE TODAY (SATURDAY) REMINDED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT STRICT ENFORCEMENT ACTION WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED TO CURB ILLEGAL PARKING AT BEACHES AND OTHER LEISURE SPOTS.

AS SUMMER IS APPROACHING, POLICE EXPECT MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WILL GO TO THE BEACHES.

"BEACH-GOERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED то MAKE FULL USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT. HOWEVER, DUE TO LIMITED PARKING FACILITIES, THE PROBLEM OF ILLEGAL PARKING IS SERIOUS," A POLICE SPOKESMAN SAID,

"THIS YEAR, STRICT ENFORCEMENT ACTION WILL BE IMPLEMENTED WHICH INCLUDES EITHER SUMMONS ACTION OR TOWING.

"WHEN SERIOUS OBSTRUCTION OR DANGER IS CAUSED TO OTHER ROAD-USERS, THE VEHICLE CONCERNED WILL BE TOWED AWAY WITHOUT NOTICE," THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

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TASKFORCE EXPANDED TO SAFEGUARD WORKERS' BENEFITS

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS SET UP TWO MORE SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT · TEAMS (SET) TO STEP UP EFFORTS IN SAFEGUARDING THE STATUTORY BENEFITS OF WORKERS.

"TOGETHER WITH THE FIRST ONE SET UP IN 1988, THE TEAMS ARE MADE UP OF EXPERIENCED LABOUR INSPECTORS TO MONITOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE BY EMPLOYERS, THE SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER (LABOUR INSPECTION), MR CHAN KWOK-KUEN, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

"THEY VISIT BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS

THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY ENTITLEMENTS ΤΟ MATERNITY

TO ENSURE THAT WORKERS RECEIVE THEIR PROTECTION, REST DAYS, SICKNESS ALLOWANCE, PAID HOLIDAYS AND ANNUAL LEAVE.

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**THEY ALSO INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS FROM EMPLOYEES WAGE AND EMPLOYMENT RECORDS, WHICH EMPLOYERS ARE REQUIRED то KEEP, HE SAID.

MR CHAN SAID THE SET HAD UP то LAST MONTH CONDUCTED 5,517 VISITS TO OVER 5,000 ESTABLISHMENTS INCLUDING RESTAURANTS, BOUTIQUES, SHOPS, FACTORIES, CONSTRUCTION SITES AND INCORPORATED OWNERS OF MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS SINCE 1988.

"WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF EMPLOYERS AND EFFORTS OF THE INSPECTORS, MOST OF THE 405 BREACHES OF THE EMPLOYMENT LAW DETECTED HAVE BEEN RECTIFIED, HE SAID, ADDING THAT 40 EMPLOYERS HAD BEEN

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PROSECUTED FOR FAILING TO TAKE REMEDIAL ACTION DESPITE WARNINGS.

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