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Thursday, February 1, 1973
SPEEDY SETTLEMENT OF LABOUR DISPUTES
With the approach of Lunar New Year, officers of the Labour Relations
Service of the Labour Department are making every effort to bring outstanding
labour disputes to a speedy and mutually satisfactory settlement.
At the Kowloon Weaving and Dyeing Mill (1969) Ltd. in San Po Kong,
workers approached the Labour Department for assistance on January 29 in their
claim for severance pay.
Three conciliation meetings were subsequently arranged for the
management and workers' representatives at the office of the Labour Relations
Service at San Po Kong.
Agreement was reached on January 30. Payment of $32,000 was made to
85 piece and daily-rated female workers on the following day.
At the Fortune Wigs Manufacturing Co. Ltd., in To Kwa Wan, the Labour
Relations Service helped more than 250 workers recover a total of $93,000 as
arrears of wages earlier this month.
At the Tenta Electronics Ltd. in San Po Kong, with the help of the
Labour Relations Service, 100 workers of the factory recovered their arrears
of wages for the first half of January 1973.
Final payment was made at the office of the Labour Relations Service
at San Po Kong on January 30. The total amount paid out was $23,000.
In the meantime the Legal Aid Department is helping workers of the
Fortune Wigs Manufacturing Co. Ltd. and the Tenta Electronics Ltd. in their
claims for year-end double pay and wages in lieu of notice.
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