Question No 8
Reply by the Hon. R.G.B. Bridge, OBE, JP, Secretary for Education and Manpower to a Question from Hon HUI Yin-fat in the Legislative Council on 7 January 1987
Question:
In recognition of the contribution the elderly
have made to our society and to promote respect
for them, will Government consider designating
the Monday following the annual Festival for
the Elderly, which takes place on the third
Sunday of November, to be a public holiday by
utilizing one of the undesignated statutory
holidays for this purpose?
Sir,
Let me say straight away that I am sympathetic to
any proposal designed to promote respect for the elderly.
However, having looked very carefully at this particular
proposal, I am afraid that it does give rise to problems.
At the practical level, it is
it is difficult to see
which of the existing holidays provided for under the
Holidays Ordinance or
the
Employment Ordinance could be