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The Merchant Shipping (Seafarers) (Wages and Accounts) Regulation deals with the manner or payment of wages to seafarers and the form, the contents and accounts of wages. It also specifies the deductions which are authorised to be made from a seafarer's wages and, the conditions which are to be observed before deductions relating to breaches of crew agreements may be made.
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New rule to record drug purchaser's ID number
The Pharmacy and Poisons Board today (Friday) reminded the public that with effect from January 1, 1996, all dispensaries selling any poisons included in Part I Schedule I of the Pharmacy and Poisons Regulations are required by law to record in the poisons book the identity card number of the purchaser.
A spokesman for the board said this was an addition to the present requirements which required the sellers to record the purchaser's full name and address. He urged the public to comply with the statutory requirements.
"Failure to comply with such requirements may render the seller liable on conviction to a maximum fine of $100,000 and two years' imprisonment," he added.
The spokesman pointed out that the new legislative control would serve as an additional deterrent against the improper sale and misuse of drugs.
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Restaurant receipts and purchases provisional statisites
The value of total receipts for the restaurant sector in the third quarter of 1995, estimated at $13.3 billion, increased by 6% when compared with the same quarter of 1994, according to the provisional statistics released today (Friday) by the Census and Statistics Department,
After discounting the effect of price changes over the period, total receipts decreased by 1% in volume terms.
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