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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1994

FURTHERMORE, ALL HAWKING COMMODITIES AND PARAPHERNALIS WILL BE CONFISCATED UPON CONVICTION,

SEIZED

OPERATION

MR LEE ALSO SAID IMMIGRATION OFFICERS WOULD JOIN THE TO HELP INVESTIGATE ANY SUSPECTED BREACH OF THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE.

HE CALLED ON VISITORS AND FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPERS IN HONG KONG NOT TO ENGAGE IN ILLEGAL HAWKING.

GROUP ON

THE

OF

SPEAKING AT A BRIEFING FOR A DISTRICT BOARD WORKING THE CHATER ROAD PEDESTRIAN PRECINCT TODAY, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM

DEPARTMENT

CONDITIONS IMMIGRATION

SAID HAWKING MIGHT BREACH THE STAY IMPOSED BY THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION UPON VISITORS AND DOMESTIC HELPERS.

THE IMMIGRATION

REMOVED FROM

EMPHASISED THAT SUCH BREACHES CONTRAVENED HE

AND MIGHT RENDER THE INDIVIDUAL LIABLE TO BE ORDINANCE HONG KONG.

OPERATION LATEST

THE

CHAOS THEIR

THE

IS BEING MOUNTED FOLLOWING CAUSED BY THE LARGE NUMBER OF FOREIGN HAWKERS ILLEGALLY SELLING WARES IN THE AREA DURING THE RECENT LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS.

0

CONSULTATIONS ON SAFETY LAWS ARE ADEQUATE

* *

ASSOCIATION

LEUNG OF THAT

THE

IN RESPONSE TO PRESS REPORTS WHICH QUOTED MR RAYMOND THE HONG KONG CONSTRUCTION

(HKCA) AS SAYING LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAD NOT CONSULTED RELEVANT INDUSTRIES BEFORE SUBMITTING PROPOSED SAFETY LEGISLATION TO THE AUTHORITIES, A LABOUR DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE ALLEGATIONS WERE GROSSLY UNTRUE AND MISLEADING.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN PROMOTING TRIPARTITE PARTICIPATION IN THE PROMOTION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH AS WELL AS ACCIDENT PREVENTION FOR MANY YEARS.

"WE HAVE ATTACHED AND WILL CONTINUE TO ATTACH GREAT IMPORTANCE ΤΟ THE VIEWS OF ALL PARTIES CONCERNED ON SAFETY LEGISLATION AND ENFORCEMENT, HE SAID.

"

"THE SETTING UP OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD (LAB) AND ITS FUNCTIONAL COMMITTEES, SUCH AS THE COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (CISH), REFLECTS THE DEPARTMENT'S EMPHASIS ON CONSULTATION."

HE NOTED THAT IN THE CASE OF SAFETY LEGISLATION, ALL PROPOSALS BE DISCUSSED IN THE LAB AND THE CISH ON WHICH THE HKCA WAS REPRESENTED.

WOULD

ANOTHER VENUE FOR MUTUAL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS AND IDEAS IN THIS CONNECTION ALSO EXISTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SAFETY AND COMMITTEE UNDER THE AUSPICE OF THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND COUNCIL.

HEALTH

HEALTH

BOTH THE HKCA AND THE LABOUR REPRESENTATIVES IN THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE.

DEPARTMENT HAVE

THEIR

/REGARDING THE

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