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Thursday, October 19, 1972
LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD ELECTION
The Labour Department is to hold an election to choose two candidates
for nomination as workers' representatives to be appointed by the Governor
as members of the Labour Advisory Board for next year.
The election, to be held by secret ballot, will take place in
the Industrial Safety Training Centre of the Labour Department's Kowloon
Regional Office on the third floor of the Canton Road Government Offices
at 10 am, on Saturday.
All registered workers' trade unions are invited to take part in
the election.
The Secretary of the Board, Mrs. Soo Mok Sau-ha, said:
"Any
registered workers' trade union wishing to vote may send a representative
to attend the election,"
The representative must be in possession of a letter of authorisation
from the Executive Committee of his union and should also carry a copy
of a circular letter of October 10, 1972 from the Labour Department on the
subject.
Mrs. Soo said that 14 candidates have been nominated to stand for
election and a list of these candidates has been sent to all workers' trade
unions for information.
The Labour Advisory Board is composed of four employers' representatives
and four workers' representatives with the Commissioner of Labour as chairman.
Two of the workers' representatives are elected by registered trade
unions and two are selected for appointment by the Governor.
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