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MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1992

BLITZ ON ILLEGAL CHILDREN EMPLOYMENT

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY) THEY SHOULD NOT TAKE ON

REMINDED

EMPLOYERS THAT

CHILD

WORKERS IN INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS,

PARTICULARLY DURING SUMMER HOLIDAYS.

SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER (LABOUR

INSPECTION} MR CHAN KWOK-KUEN OPERATIONS MOUNTED IN то HAVE ILLEGALLY

TERRITORY-WIDE

MADE THE APPEAL FOLLOWING TWO THE PAST TWO WEEKS, WHERE 14 FACTORIES WERE FOUND EMPLOYED 14 CHILDREN AGED BELOW 15.

"UNDER

EMPLOYMENT THE

OFFENCE TO EMPLOY CHILDREN UNDER UNDERTAKING," MR CHAN SAID.

OF CHILDREN

REGULATIONS, IT THE AGE OF 15 IN AN

IS INDUSTRIAL

AN

UNDERTAKINGS, ONLY CHILDREN

A

"AS FOR NON-INDUSTRIAL BETWEEN 13 AND 14 MAY BE EMPLOYED ON CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS, HE SAID.

PART-TIME

AGED

BASIS SUBJECT TO

OF THE REQUIREMENT STUDENT SEEKING SUMMER

MINDFUL "EMPLOYERS SHOULD, THEREFORE, BE

PARTICULARLY

WHEN OFFERING

JOBS, MR CHAN SAID.

EMPLOYMENT

TO

TWO

OPERATIONS,

INVOLVING

AND

EACH MR CHAN POINTED OUT THAT THE ABOUT 80 LABOUR INSPECTORS, COVERED 6,416 INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS 343 NON-INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE TERRITORY.

THESE OPERATIONS FORMED PART OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S CONTINUED EFFORTS TO PREVENT ILLEGAL CHILD EMPLOYMENT.

THE CHILD'S "SUCH ILLEGAL EMPLOYMENT NOT ONLY INTERFERES WITH

PROBLEMS, MR CHAN SAID SCHOOLING BUT ALSO POSES SAFETY AND HEALTH

MAXIMUM TO A

FINE ADDING THAT AN OFFENDING EMPLOYER IS $20,000 UNDER THE REGULATIONS.

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LIABLE

OF

WATER STORAGE FIGURE

STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 85.9 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 503.342 MILLION CUBIC METRES.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 206.463 CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 35.2 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.

MILLION

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