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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1994

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TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICE, PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, TAI PO GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING, TING KOK ROAD, TAI PO, NEW TERRITORIES;

TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE, PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRE, FIRST FLOOR, TSUEN WAN STATION MULTI-STOREY CARPARK BUILDING, 174-208 CASTLE PEAK ROAD,

TSUEN WAN, NEW TERRITORIES;

TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE, PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRE, SECOND FLOOR, TUEN MUN GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING,

1 TUEN HI ROAD, TUEN MUN, NEW TERRITORIES;

YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICE, PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICE BUILDING, 269 CASTLE PEAK ROAD, YUEN LONG, NEW TERRITORIES;

NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE, PUBLIC ENQUIRY SERVICE CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, FANLING GOVERNMENT OFFICES BUILDING,

3 PIK FUNG ROAD, FANLING, NEW TERRITORIES.

THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED PARENTS THAT THEY SHOULD ONLY HAND IN ONE APPLICATION FORM FOR EACH CHILD.

"IF PARENTS ARE FOUND TO HAVE APPLIED TO MORE THAN ONE GOVERNMENT OR AIDED SCHOOL, THEIR APPLICATIONS WILL BE RENDERED VOID SUCH AND ANY ALLOCATION OF A DISCRETIONARY PLACE MADE ON THE BASIS OF APPLICATIONS WILL BE WITHDRAWN, HE SAID.

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EMPLOYEES SHOULD NOT MAKE MULTIPLE COMPENSATION CLAIMS

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT REMINDS EMPLOYEES THAT THEY WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO MULTIPLE COMPENSATION FROM DIFFERENT EMPLOYERS FOR THE SAME INJURY IN A WORK ACCIDENT AND THEY MAY ALSO BE LIABLE TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.

SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER (COMPENSATION) MRS JENNY CHAN GAVE THE ADVICE IN THE WAKE OF A RECENT COURT CASE IN WHICH TWO WORKERS WERE SENTENCED TO NINE MONTHS' AND EIGHT MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT RESPECTIVELY BY A SOUTH KOWLOON MAGISTRATE FOR OBTAINING PROPERTY BY DECEPTION.

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"THE CASES WERE DETECTED BY THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION UNIT (ECU), AND SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE TWO WORKERS BACH MADE MULTIPLE CLAIMS AGAINST DIFFERENT EMPLOYERS FOR COMPENSATION INVOLVING OVERLAPPING SICK LEAVES," MRS CHAN SAID.

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"THE CASES WERE THEN REFERRED TO THE POLICE AND THE WORKERS CHARGED UNDER THE THEFT ORDINANCE AFTER INVESTIGATION,"

SHE

/MRS CHAN

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