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On public education, Mr Lai pointed out that successes were tangible: 782 complaints of illegal employment were received from January to August through the 24-hour complaints hotline and faxline of the Immigration Department, providing very valuable information to facilitate enforcement actions.

In addition to posters and TV announcements to publicise the criminal liability of both employers and employees, Mr Lai said new TV APIs would be introduced to coincide with the introduction of new legislative measures when enacted.

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Ways to curb overseas property sales advertisement issued

A sub-committee of the Law Reform Commission today (Thursday) issued a consultation paper on the ways to curb misleading advertisements for overseas uncompleted residential properties advertised or offered for sale in Hong Kong.

The sub-committee, chaired by Professor Derek Roebuck of the Department of Law of the City University and includes among its members lawyers, architects, surveyors and others with relevant expertise, was appointed by the Commission in November 1992 to consider the sales descriptions of uncompleted residential property.

The study on the first part of the reference relating to local uncompleted flats was finished in September 1994 and the proposals for reform was made to the Commission.

The proposals, which were largely adopted, formed the basis of the Commission report published in April last year on the sales descriptions of local uncompleted residential property.

The consultation paper issued today covers the second part of the sub- committee's study, namely the sales descriptions of overseas uncompleted residential properties including those in the People's Republic of China. The paper also carries interim recommendations.

Professor Roebuck said prospective purchasers of these properties are sometimes given inaccurate, insufficient or even misleading sales information in advertisements and sales literature.