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Following is a question by the Hon Li Fung-ying and a written reply by the Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Matthew Cheung Kin-chung, in the Legislative Council today (June 2):
Question:
Will the Government inform this Council of the respective numbers of employers and employees who were prosecuted in each of the past three years under the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (Cap. 59) and the Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance (Cap. 509), together with a breakdown, by the industry in which they were engaged, of the respective charges laid and provisions invoked, as well as the number of convicted cases and the penalties imposed?
Reply:
President,
For the past three years, the number of prosecutions taken by the Labour Department against employers and employees under the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (FIUO) (Cap. 59), the Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance (OSHO) (Cap. 509) and their subsidiary regulations, the respective prosecution figures by industry and legislative provisions, as well as the number of convictions and level of fines are detailed in Tables 1 to 3 in the Annex.
Ends/Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Issued at HKT 12:14
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