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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1992

PLAY

TO ROLE

IN WHITE PAPER ON SOCIAL

MR LEUNG SAID YOUNG PEOPLE HAD AN IMPORTANT

NOTED IN THE

OUR FUTURE SOCIETY. THIS WAS WELFARE INTO THE 1990S AND BEYOND.

"IMPORTANCE SHOULD THEREFORE ALWAYS BE ATTACHED то SERVICES FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE, HE SAID.

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MR LEUNG NOTED

THAT

OUTREACHING SOCIAL WORK WAS AIMED AT SERVING YOUNG PEOPLE AT RISK AND THOSE WHO WERE SOCIALLY OR HAD DEVELOPED PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOUR DELINQUENT OR EVEN SELF-DESTRUCTIVE.

WHICH

BE MIGHT

MALADJUSTED DISRUPTIVE,

HE PAID TRIBUTE TO MEMBERS OF THE OUTREACHING SOCIAL WORK TEAM, WHICH WAS SET UP IN OCTOBER 1989, FOR EFFECTIVELY SERVING PEOPLE LIVING ON TSING YI ISLAND AND THOSE LIVING AT YIU AND CHO YIU ESTATES.

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THE YOUNG KING,

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AT PRESENT, THERE ARE 24 OUTREACHING SOCIAL WORK TEAMS THE COMMUNITY,

SERVING

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EMPLOYER FINED FOR UNSAFE WORK PRACTICE * * * * *

URGED FACTORY

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) PROPRIETORS TO MEET THEIR GENERAL DUTY UNDER THE LAN ΤΟ ENSURE THE SAFETY AND HEALTH OF THEIR WORKERS, OR ELSE THEY MAY BE PROSECUTED.

THE REMINDER FOLLOWED A RECENT COURT CASE IN WHICH AN EMPLOYER WAS CONVICTED OF FAILURE TO MEET HIS DUTY OF PROVIDING A SAFE SYSTEM OF WORK UNDER THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (F & IU) ORDINANCE.

THE CASE REVEALED THAT A WORKER WAS KILLED PY SOME FALLING METAL BARS LAST YEAR WHEN WORKING INSIDE A CAISSON AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE IN TAI CHUNG KIU ROAD, SHA TIN.

THE EMPLOYER WAS PROSECUTED UNDER THE GENERAL DUTIES PROVISION OF THE F & IU ORDINANCE AND WAS FINED $5,000 BY A SHA TIN MAGISTRATE.

ACCORDING TO THE GENERAL DUTIES PROVISIONS, THE PROPRIETOR OF AN INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKING HAS THE DUTY TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A SAFE SYSTEM OF WORK AND A SAFE WORKPLACE, INCLUDING ALL MEANS OF ACCESS TO AND EGRESS FROM THE WORKPLACE.

IIE MUST ALSO ENSURE SAFETY IN THE USE, JIANDLING, STORAGE AND TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES AND SUBSTANCES, AND PROVIDE HIS EMPLOYEES WITH ALL THE NECESSARY SAFETY INFORMATION, INSTRUCTION, TRAINING AND SUPERVISION.

AN EMPLOYER WHO BREACHES THE PROVISION WILFULLY AND WITHOUT REASONABLE EXCUSE IS LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $30,000 AND AN IMPRISONMENT FOR SIX MONTHS.

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