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SUNDAY, JULY 24, 1994

18 PROSECUTED FOR UNAUTHORISED DEVELOPMENTS

THE

PLANNING DEPARTMENT

IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR, PROSECUTED UNDER THE TOWN PLANNING ORDINANCE WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING OFFENDERS IN 15 UNAUTHORISED DEVELOPMENT CASES.

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ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS THE PLANNING

"THIS IS THE RESULT OF THE STEPPING UP OF BY THE DEPARTMENT SINCE NOVEMBER 1993," A SPOKESMAN FOR DEPARTMENT SAID.

UP AN

INTERIM

CENTAL ENFORCEMENT

AND

THE DEPARTMENT SETS PROSECUTION SECTION IN LAST NOVEMBER TO STREAMLINE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AGAINST UNAUTHORISED DEVELOPMENTS.

THOSE WHO

HAVE UNDERTAKEN UNAUTHORISED DEVELOPMENTS DEVELOPMENT PERMISSION AREAS ARE PROSECUTED NECESSARILY GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CONVICTED, OFFENDERS ARE LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $100,000.

IN

IMMEDIATELY

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SERVING NOTICES.

OFFENDERS HAD CHANGED AGRICULTURAL

AND CONTAINERS WITHOUT

"THE MAJORITY OF THE LAND FOR OPEN STORAGE OF VEHICLES THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD'S PERMISSION.

OBTAINING

WITHOUT ONCE

"AMONG THEM, 13 HAVE BEEN CONVICTED AND FINED FROM $30,000

REMAINING FIVE WILL TAKE PLEA $90,000. THE

IN DUE

SPOKESMAN SAID.

TO

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COURSE,

THE

"THE

DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE ΤΟ PROSECUTE UNAUTHORISED DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT GIVING PRIOR WARNING,

OFFENDERS

OF

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HE NOTED.

EMPLOYEES MUST COMPLY WITH SAFETY LAWS

INDUSTRIAL LIABLE ON

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT REMINDED EMPLOYEES IN THE SAFETY LAWS OTHERWISE THEY ARE SECTORS TO COMPLY WITH CONVICTION TO A MAXIMUM FINE

$50,000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR SIX MONTHS.

OF

CITING A RECENT COURT CASE IN WHICH A WORKER WAS FINED $750 FOR BREACHING

CHIEF DEPUTY THE NO-SMOKING REQUIREMENT INSIDE A FACTORY, FACTORY INSPECTOR MR KAN HON-SANG SAID: ** FULL

AND CO-OPERATION

OF COMMITMENT

ALL EMPLOYEES IS THE KEY ELEMENT IN IMPROVING AND MAINTAINING THE STANDARDS OF SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK.

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MR KAN POINTED OUT THAT THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL

ORDINANCE UNDERTAKINGS

AND ITS SUBSIDIARY REGULATIONS HAD CLEARLY OUT THE LEGAL OBLIGATIONS OF PROPRIETORS OF INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS AND THOSE WHO WORKED IN THESE PLACES.

SPELT

"UNDER THE SAFETY LAW, EVERY PROPRIETOR HAS THE DUTY TO PROTECT THE

A SAFE SAFETY AND HEALTH OF WORKERS, INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF

AND SYSTEM OF WORK, SAFE PLANT, NECESSARY TRAINING AND INSTRUCTIONS, SUITABLE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, HE SAID.

"MEANWHILE, AN EMPLOYEE IS REQUIRED TO TAKE REASONABLE CARE FOR WITH CO-OPERATING SAFETY AND HEALTH OF HIMSELF AND OF OTHERS BY EMPLOYER IN THE ADOPTION OF SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND IN THE PROPER USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.

THE HIS

/"THE LABOUR

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