MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1991
OR
TRANSFER
MUNICIPAL WASTE COLLECTED BY THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE STATIONS WHERE IT WILL BE COMPACTED INTO ENCLOSED CONTAINERS.
THE REFUSE WILL THEN BE TRANSPORTED IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE MANNER TO LARGE STRATEGIC LANDFILLS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES BY BULK VEHICLES.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE FIRST REFUSE TRANSFER KOWLOON BAY HAS BECOME OPERATIONAL SINCE APRIL LAST YEAR.
STATION IN
ALSO, THE ISLAND EAST REFUSE TRANSFER STATION IN CHAI WAN 19 NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION,
THE CONSULTANCY STUDY ON SHA TIN REFUSE TRANSFER STATION, AT A COST OF $6.44 MILLION, WILL TAKE 18 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
CONSTRUCTION WORK FOR THE TRANSFER STATION IS EXPECTED TO START UPON COMPLETION OF THE CONSULTANCY STUDY IN MARCH 1993.
WHEN IT BECOMES OPERATIONAL IN 1994, THE TRANSFER STATION WILL ACCEPT ABOUT 1,000 TONNES OF DOMESTIC REFUSE BACH DAY.
BLITZ ON UNSCRUPULOUS EMPLOYERS OF IMPORTED WORKERS
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IS TAKING OUT PROSECUTION UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE AGAINST A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY FOR UNDERPAYING AN IMPORTED WORKER WAGES DUE TO HIM.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (MONDAY) THAT SUMMONSES HAD ALSO BEEN LAID AGAINST A SHIPYARD FOR FAILURE TO OBSERVE PROVISIONS RELATING TO STATUTORY HOLIDAYS.
IN ADDITION, THE DEPARTMENT IS CONSIDERING PROSECUTION AGAINST THREE OTHER EMPLOYERS OF IMPORTED WORKERS FOR SIMILAR OFFENCES.
THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT THE ASM ASIA LTD IN KWAI CHUNG AND THE SUM FUNG PLANT HIRE AND TRANSPORTATION CO. LTD IN YAU MA TEI WERE RECENTLY CONVICTED OF OFFENCES RELATING TO STATUTORY HOLIDAYS FOR IMPORTED WORKERS.
ASSISTANCE
MEANWHILE, THE DEPARTMENT IS OFFERING RE-EMPLOYMENT TO FOUR IMPORTED WORKERS OF A GARMENT FACTORY WHO HAD RECENTLY BERN DISMISSED. THEY HAD COMPLAINED TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR ARREARS OF WAGES AND SUB-STANDARD ACCOMMODATION PROVIDED.
PROSECUTION ACTION IS NOW UNDER CONSIDERATION.
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