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TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1993

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IT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH DETAILS AS PAY, NATURE AND HOURS OF WORK, HOLIDAYS, SICKNESS ALLOWANCE, EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION, PROVISION OF FOOD AND ACCOMMODATION, REPATRIATION ARRANGEMENT AND PROVISIONS FOR DEPENDANTS.

"IN ORDER TO SAFEGUARD THE INTERESTS OF THE EMPLOYEES WORKING OVERSEAS FOR FOREIGN EMPLOYERS, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL REQUIRE A HONG KONG RESIDENT NOMINATED BY THE EMPLOYER то FURNISH A BOND OR GUARANTEE BEFORE ATTESTING THE CONTRACT, MISS CHENG SAID.

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SHE SAID IT WAS AN OFFENCE FOR AN EMPLOYER OR HIS FAILED TO ENTER INTO A WRITTEN CONTRACT WITH THE EMPLOYEE TO PRESENT THE CONTRACT TO THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT FOR BEFORE THE EMPLOYEE'S DEPARTURE.

AGENT WHO OR FAILED ATTESTATION

PROSECUTION

"THE EMPLOYER OR HIS AGENT WILL ALSO BE LIABLE ΤΟ FOR INDUCING AN EMPLOYEE TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WHICH DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE ORDINANCE, OR INDUCING THE EMPLOYEE TO DEPART HONG KONG TO TAKE UP EMPLOYMENT BEFORE THE CONTRACT IS ATTESTED," SHE SAID.

OFFENDERS WILL BE LIABLE, ON CONVICTION, TO A FINE OF $50,000.

ENQUIRIES ON THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES UNDER THE ORDINANCE MAY BE MADE TO THE EXTERNAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE ON TEL 852 3535.

JUSTICE OF APPEAL AND HIGH COURT JUDGES APPOINTED

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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE JUDICIARY TODAY (TUESDAY) ANNOUNCED WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT, THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE MORTIMER, A JUDGE THE HIGH COURT, HAD BEEN APPOINTED A JUSTICE OF APPEAL.

MR JUSTICE MORTIMER JOINED THE JUDICIARY IN HONG KONG IN SEPTEMBER 1985 AS A HIGH COURT JUDGE. PRIOR TO THAT DATE HE PRACTISED AS A QUEEN'S COUNSEL AT THE ENGLISH BAR.

THE JUDICIARY ALSO ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF THREE NEW HIGH COURT JUDGES. THEY ARE MR JEROME CHAN, DEPUTY REGISTRAR, SUPREME COURT, MR ANTHONY ROGERS, QC AND MR MICHAEL STUART-MOORE, QC.

MR JUSTICE JEROME CHAN'S APPOINTMENT WILL ТАКЕ EFFECT IMMEDIATELY AND MR ANTHONY ROGERS, QC AND MR MICHAEL STUART-MOORE, QC WILL TAKE UP THEIR APPOINTMENTS IN SEPTEMBER.

MR JUSTICE JEROME CHAN WAS BORN AND EDUCATED IN HONG KONG, GRADUATING LL.B AND P.C.LL IN 1975.

HE JOINED THE HONG KONG BAR IN 1976 AND WAS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE UNTIL 1985 WHEN HE JOINED THE JUDICIARY.

PRESIDING OFFICER, LABOUR

DEPUTY REGISTRAR,

HE HAS SERVED AS MAGISTRATE, TRIBUNAL, AND DISTRICT JUDGE AND WAS APPOINTED SUPREME COURT IN 1990.

/MR JUSTICE