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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1993

DOMESTIC HELPERS FROM CHINA NOT PERMITTED

ENTRY OF DOMESTIC HELPERS FROM CHINA IS NOT PERMITTED AND GOVERNMENT HAS NO PLAN TO CHANGE THE POLICY.

SECURITY, MR

THE

ALISTAIR

IN

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR ASPREY, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHIM PUI CHUNG THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR ASPREY SAID THERE

WOULD BE DIFFICULTIES EFFECTIVE IMMIGRATION CONTROL IF DOMESTIC HELPERS PERMITTED TO ENTER. THE DIFFICULTIES ARE:

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FROM CHINA

MAINTAIN WERE

* DOMESTIC HELPERS FROM CHINA COULD BECOME HONG KONG PERMANENT RESIDENTS AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF ORDINARY RESIDENCE HERE;

*

FOR

EXAMPLE,

BRINGING

PEOPLE MIGHT ABUSE THE SITUATION BY, IN FAMILY MEMBERS FROM CHINA BY REPRESENTING THEM AS DOMESTIC HELPERS;

WORKERS MIGHT OVERSTAY OR TAKE ON OTHER JOBS; AND

* A WRONG SIGNAL TO WOULD-BE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, AND IN AN INFLUX OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

RESULT

THE POLICY ON FOREIGN DOMESTIC

HELPERS, INCLUDING

THE

POSSIBILITY

CHINA, OF PERMITTING ENTRY OF DOMESTIC HELPERS FROM REVIEWED REGULARLY, MR ASPREY SAID.

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USE OF NYLON ROPES UNDER CONTROL

THERE WAS ONE FATAL ACCIDENT INVOLVING NYLON ROPES IN A CONSTRUCTION SITE IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR W K LAM, SAID.

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON HUANG CHEN-YA IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), MR LAM SAID THE SAFE USE OF ROPES MADE OF SYNTHETIC FIBRES SUCH AS NYLON AS A COMPONENT OF A LIFTING GEAR IN AN INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKING WAS GOVERNED BY THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (LIFTING APPLIANCES AND LIFTING GEAR) REGULATIONS.

JUST

"THE CONTROL ON LIFTING APPLIANCES AND LIFTING GEARS HAS BEEN TIGHTENED IN JULY THIS YEAR. IT WILL BE REVIEWED IN 12 MONTHS' TIME, SAID MR LAM.

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UNDER THE

REGULATIONS, THE OWNER OF THE ROPE IS REQUIRED TO

ENSURE THAT:

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IT IS