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SUNDAY, AUGUST 25,

1991

"A TOTAL OF 33 CONVICTIONS WERE RECORDED

BETWEEN JANUARY AND

JUNE THIS YEAR, COMPARED TO ONLY TWO IN THE SAME PERIOD IN SAID.

EMPLOYMENT CONVICTIONS "IN ADDITION, THE NUMBER OF CHILD INCREASED BY 61 PER CENT TO 71 CASES DURING THE PERIOD," HE SAID.

1990," HB

HÁS

CONTINUED TO REPRESENTING

FACTORIES

AND

SAFETY OFFENCES MR TSANG NOTED THAT INDUSTRIAL ACCOUNT FOR THE MAJORITY OF LABOUR-RELATED PROSECUTIONS, OVER 53 PER CENT OF ALL CONVICTED CASES.

OF

BREACHES

OF

THE

"THEY INCLUDED 475 CASES

AND ITS SUBSIDIARY REGULATIONS, INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE

(SAFETY) SITES CONSTRUCTION THE WHILE 554 CASES RELATED TO

MILLION REGULATIONS, WITH FINES AMOUNTING TO $1.88 MILLION AND $4.63 RESPECTIVELY," HE SAID.

760

OF WELFARE REGULATIONS, EMPLOYMENT, LABOUR

VIOLATION OF INVOLVED OF THE REMAINING CASES, PROVISIONS UNDER THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY) EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN REGULATIONS AS WELL AS THE RELATIONS, AND EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION ORDINANCES.

THE FINES TOTALLED $1.37 MILLION.

UNDER

THE BOILERS

AND

.OTHER CASES INCLUDED 111 PROSECUTIONS PRESSURE VESSELS ORDINANCE AND 17 CASES OF FAILURE TO KEEP OR PRODUCE FOR INSPECTION EMPLOYFES RECORDS UNDER THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE.

FINES TOTALLING $342,950 WERE IMPOSED.

29 NEW BUILDING PLANS APPROVED IN JUNE

*

THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE DEPARTMENT APPROVED 29 NEW BUILDING PLANS IN JUNE.

OFFICE

OF THE BUILDINGS

AND

LANDS

OF THESE, SEVEN WERE FOR HONG KONG AND 17 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.

ISLAND, FIVE FOR KOWLOON

THE APPROVED

COMMERCIAL AND

PLANS RESIDENTIAL

APARTMENT/ INCLUDED 12 FOR APARTMENT,

THREE FOR COMMERCIAL

DEVELOPMENTS,

DEVELOPMENT AND FIVE FOR FACTORY PURPOSES.

ON DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO STÅRT

SQUARE METRES OF 73.218.7

USABLE DOMESTIC 38 PROJECTS, INVOLVING

USABLE NON-DOMESTIC FLOOR FLOOR AREA AND 106,781.7 SQUARE METRES OF AREA.

DURING THE THE TOTAL DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED

FOR DOMESTIC AND MONTH WAS ABOUT $1,416 MILLION. USABLE FLOOR AREAS

206,746 NON-DOMESTIC USES WERE ABOUT 82,100.9 SQUARE METRES AND ABOUT SQUARE METRES RESPECTIVELY.

/ALSO DURING