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JOHN PISANI THE police and Lotteries and Gam- ing Authority officials confiscated two illegal slot machines following a raid in Gozo on Tuesday. The officials confiscated the ma- chines from the Nadur Youngsters Football Club and three men were held for questioning. The machines, which accept both coins and money notes, were confis- cated because the club did not hold the necessary permits. Following the raid, the football club's president and Nadur deputy mayor Eucharist Camilleri was inter- rogated together with the club sec- retary, Edward Said, brother of the Nationalist Party secretary general, and the club's barman Kevin Vella. Gaming regulations lay down that slot machines must be located at least 75 metres away from schools, places of worship and sports nurser- ies. MaltaToday understands that the football club and its officials will be charged with breaching this regula- tion, since the Nadur Youngsters football nursery makes use of the premises. Inspector Frank Tabone is leading investigations. 15 News Why do you need to replace your meter? Enemalta is in the process of replacing the last remaining old electricity meters with new smart meters, as part of a project to introduce an automated meter management system in Malta and Gozo. Through this investment your actual electricity consumption readings will be automatically transmitted to the billing system without the need for meters to be read on site. This will lead to a more efficient billing process in the best interest of all our customers. If you still have old meters installed at your residential or commercial properties, we encourage you to contact us to request an appointment for the meter replacement as soon as possible. Send us an email or call us (lines open 24 hours, seven days a week) on the contact details listed above. Old meters at vacant properties need to be replaced as well. Thank you for your support in this project. www.enemalta.com.mt Do you still have one of these old electricity meters? Contact us to replace it with a new one. 8007 2224 meters.emc@enemalta.com.mt Contact us maltatoday, SUNDAY, 10 AUGUST 2014 By degree given on the 3rd July 2014, by Civil Court (Voluntary Jurisdiction Section) in the application number 1003/13 presented on the 15th October 2014 by Antoinette Garroni Gulia et wheras they prayed this Honorable Court, that a curator will be nominated for the absent Christopher Galea son of the late Michael and Gloria nee Gulia born in Sliema, (Birth Certificate Number 1876/1971), to administer his assets and to take all the necessary orders to safeguard all his property, this Court ordered the issuing of this Notice, in terms of Article 194 et seq, of Cap. 16. Whoever has any news of the existence of the said Christopher Galea, is required to communicate it to the Registrar Civil Courts (Voluntary Jurisdiction Section) for the information of the said Court, within one month from the day of the publication of this Edict in the Government gazette. By, order of the Court above mentioned. Registry of the Civil Court (Voluntary Jurisdiction section) Today 11th July 2014 Alexandra Debattista For the Registrat Civil Court and Tribunals Study exposes effects of workplace surveillance Police confiscate illegal slot machines in Gozo JAMES DEBONO ELECTRONIC surveillance used in the public sector varies from workplace to workplace, but the range includes CCTV surveillance, monitoring of e-mails and tele- phone calls, biometric-based time attendance systems through a palm reader, and monitoring and restric- tion of internet browsing. This emerges from a study con- ducted in 2013 by Christine Gar- zia as part of her MSc in Occupa- tional Psychology with Birkbeck University in London. The study was based on 12 interviews with seven female and five male gradu- ate professional workers employed as project administrators with the Maltese public service. While workers tend to see 'EM' (electronic monitoring) systems as an effective way to expose dis- honest workers, participants in the study also felt that they were being treated like children instead of re- sponsible adults. The aim of study was to look at the impact of technological surveil- lance systems and to assess their impact on professional workers. A summary of it has been published in the European Working Condi- tions Organisation's (EWCO) web- site. The majority of the interviewed workers were critical of the use of such technology, which was described by some as 'unjust and rigid'. Some expressed this in terms of a 'sense of discomfort', while oth- ers spoke about their 'frustration', and how surveillance exposed their 'vulnerability'. Some of the workers implied that monitoring systems disregarded good behaviour and picked up only bad behaviour. This left workers feeling that they were being treated like chil- dren instead of responsible adults. For some workers, this resulted in a loss of dignity and a lack of em- powerment, while others expressed frustration at their management's lack of flexibility. The greatest concern was on how the organisation managed the monitoring system. But most respondents also saw benefits in EM systems as a way to curb abusive work practices by other employees. According to Anna Borg from the Centre of Labour Studies of the University Malta, these find- ings suggest that such EM systems could have a negative impact on the relationship between manage- ment and the workers, especially if such measures were perceived to be excessive. "The research suggests that before any monitoring system is intro- duced, the management should be 'clear and honest' with the workers about it if they want to avoid dent- ing the trust of their employees." Employers should also be clear about the aims and scope of such surveillance systems to avoid a det- rimental effect on workers and the employee-management relation- ship.