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SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1974
HEW LABOUR TRIJUNA.. SET UP IN KOWLOO!
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KUM-JON'S FIRST „ABOUR TRIJUNA, SET UP FOR THE CONVENIEMCE OF WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS ON THE PENINSULA, WILL COME INTJ OPERATION JN TJESDAY (JUNE 25).
IT IS THE THIRD LABOUR TRIBUNAL TO BE ESTABLISHED IN HONG KONG WITH THE OBJECT OF PROVIDING A QUICK, LALXPENSIVE AND INFORMAL METHOD OF SETTLING MONETARY DISPUTES BETWEEN WORKERS ANU EMPLOYERS. THE FIRST TWO ARE BOTH LOCATED ON HONG KONG ISLAND.
THE KOWLOON TRIBUNAL IS SITUATED IN A SINGLE-STOREY BUILDING AT WHITFIELD BARRACKS, JUST INSIDE FROM THE JUNCTION JF AUSTIN ROAD AND MATHAN ROAD. THE TELEPHONE NUMBER 15 K-691514.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE JUDICIARY, OF WHICH THE LABJUR TRIBUNALS ARE PART, SAID THE SITE HAD BEEN CHOSEN JECAUSE IT IS CONVENIENTLY LOCATED AND IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE FROM ALL PARTS OF KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE NEW TRI3JNAL WILL SERVE MOST PARTS OF KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES, BUT THE EXISTING ONE ON THE ISLAND, LOCATED AT PERMANENT COMFORT BUILDING IN CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, WILL CONTINUE TO ACCEPT CLAIMS FROM LAICHI KOK, SHAMSHUIPO, TAIKOKTSU!, MONGKOK, YAUMATI AND TSIMSHATSUI AREAS FROM KOWLOON, AS WELL AS FROM HONG KONG ISLAND.
IN THE 15 MONTHS THAT THE TRIBUNAL HAS BEEN IN OPERATION, IT HAS PROVED A GREAT SUCCESS DEALING WITH 1,531 CLAIMS INVOLVING $3.5 MION.
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No. 51 -3 JUL 1974
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