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MONDAY OCTOBER 4, 1993

$30,000

IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS, FINES RANGING FROM $10,000 TO WERE ALSO IMPOSED ON SIX DEFENDENTS IN FOUR OTHER SIMILAR CASES.

WHO

THE SPOKESMAN REITERATED THAT LAND OWNERS AND OCCUPIERS UNDERTAKE UNAUTHORISED DEVELOPMENT WITHIN A DEVELOPMENT PERMISSION AREA IN THE NEW TERRITORIES MAY FACE A MAXIMUM FINE OF $100,000.

WAS

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT STEPPING UP ENFORCEMENT AND PROSECUTION ACTIONS IN AN EFFORT TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY UNAUTHORISED LAND USE.

STUDENTS TO SEE THE WORLD OF WORK

REAL

MORE THAN 1,000 STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE FOR THEMSELVES THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT IN THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS UNDER THE "VISITS TO WORK PLACES" PROGRAMME ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S CAREERS ADVISORY SERVICE (CAS).

UNDER THE PROGRAMME, THE FIRST GROUP OF 38 STUDENTS VISITED THE POLICE TRAINING SCHOOL (PTS) IN ABERDEEN TODAY (MONDAY) TO GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORK OF THE POLICE.

DURING THE VISIT, STUDENTS WERE TAKEN ON A GUIDED TOUR OF THE FACILITIES IN PTS AND WERE BRIEFED BY POLICE TRAINING OFFICERS ON VARIOUS FIELDS OF POLICE DUTIES, TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, EMPLOYMENT TERMS AND CAREER PROSPECTS.

SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER, MRS CLARE SIU, SAID THE PROGRAMME AIMED AT HELPING FORM 3 TO FORM 7 STUDENTS TO GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD OF WORK SO THAT THEY COULD MAKE BETTER PLANS FOR THEIR FUTURE.

"WE HOPE THAT THROUGH THE VISITS TO VARIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS, STUDENTS CAN OBTAIN FIRST-HAND AND UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON DIFFERENT CAREERS SHE SAID.

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A TOTAL OF 33 VISITS HAVE BEEN ORGANISED FOR STUDENTS IN HUNG HOM,

MONG KOK, KOWLOON CITY, KWUN TONG, YAU MA TEI, TSIM SHA TSUI, CENTRAL, WESTERN AND NORTHERN DISTRICTS FROM NOW TO DECEMBER.

DEPARTMENT STORES, TRAINING INSTITUTES AND

HOTELS, BANKS, MASS MEDIA ORGANISATIONS, PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANIES, FACTORIES, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WILL BE VISITED.

NOTING THAT THESE VISITS WERE WELCOME BY BOTH STUDENTS AND CAREERS TEACHERS, MRS SIU SAID SOME 1,590 STUDENTS FROM 55 SCHOOLS HAD PARTICIPATED IN LAST YEAR'S PROGRAMME.

MORE VISITS WILL BE ARRANGED FOR STUDENTS IN OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR IF SITUATION SHE SAID.

WARRANTS,

/APART FROM