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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1994

MR DE ALMEIDA WILL ARRIVE IN HONG KONG AT ABOUT 10.30 AM AND WILL DEPART AT ABOUT 5 PM.

MEDIA

REPRESENTATIVES

WHO WISH TO COVER THE ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MR DE ALMEIDA SHOULD ASSEMBLE OUTSIDE THE ENTRANCE OF THE HONG KONG-MACAU FERRY TERMINAL ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF SHUN TAK CENTRE, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, BEFORE 10.15 AM AND 4.45 PM.

INFORMATION OFFICERS FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT WILL BE ON HAND

TO ASSIST JOURNALISTS.

172 REDUNDANT TEACHERS GET JOBS

ALL REDUNDANT

TEACHERS REGISTERED WITH

THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S PLACEMENT SERVICE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY PLACED IN VARIOUS AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

"THE DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE SPONSORING

BODIES AND SCHOOL AUTHORITIES FOR THEIR CO-OPERATION IN ACCEPTING ALL 172 REDUNDANT TEACHERS, HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID ALL AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS HAD BEEN INFORMED THERE WAS NO LONGER A NEED TO RESERVE VACANCIES FOR REDUNDANT

THAT TEACHERS.

THE PLACEMENT SERVICE, SET UP IN 1975, HAS SO FAR HELPED SOME 7,000 REDUNDANT AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN FINDING JOBS.

AGE LIMIT OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) REMINDED EMPLOYERS TO EMPLOY YOUNG PERSONS UNDER 18 TO WORK IN CONSTRUCTION SITES.

NOT

UNDER THE AMENDED CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS WHICH BECOMES EFFECTIVE TODAY, YOUNG PERSONS UNDER 18 WHO HAVE NOT RECEIVED APPROPRIATE TRAINING ARE NOT ALLOWED TO WORK IN CONSTRUCTION SITES.

"CONSTRUCTION SITES INVOLVE VARIOUS KIND OF DANGEROUS WORK PROCEDURES AND IT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITHOUT APPROPRIATE TRAINING TO TAKE UP CONSTRUCTION WORK, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT WOULD STEP UP ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AGAINST EMPLOYERS WHO BLATANTLY TURN A BLIND EYE TO THE LAW.

HE ADDED THAT CONTRACTORS EMPLOYING UNTRAINED YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER 18 TO WORK IN CONSTRUCTION SITES WOULD FACE A MAXIMUM $50,000.

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