TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1974
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WHILE EMPHASISING THAT +THE BALL IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF THE PRIVATE DEVELOPER,+ HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD MADE IT CLEAR THAT IT FAVOURED SUCH DEVELOPMENTS, FOR THE LOCAL POPULATION AS WELL AS FOR TOURISTS, AND WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF LAND AND SERVICES ON A COMMERCIAL BASIS.+
CONVENTION BUSINESS WAS ANOTHER LUCRATIVE CATEGORY OF TOURISTS WHICH, HE SAID, THE HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION HAD ITS EYES ON.
SUCH AS
+FACILITIES ARE NOW BEING DEVELOPED IN HONG KONG THE WORLD TRADE CENTRE IN CAUSEWAY BAY AND THE NEW WORLD DEVELOPMENT AT HOLTS WHARF WHICH WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE
GATHERINGS OF UP TO 3,000 PEOPLE.
+THEY WILL BE IDEAL FOR ATTRACTING CONVENTION TRAFFIC= AND WE HAVE TO RECOGNISE THAT THE AVERAGE CONVENTION ATTENDER TENDS TO COME FROM THE SOMEWHAT BETTER-OFF SEGMENT OF SOCIETY.
+THESE ARE JUST TWO POSSIBLE LINES OF DEVELOPMENT, NEITHER OF WHICH ARE PROFOUND OR NEW. BUT THEN, VERY OFTEN, PROGRESS DOES NOT DEPEND SO MUCH ON NEW IDEAS BUT ON PUTTING THE GOOD IDEAS WE ALREADY HAVE INTO EFFECT.+
HE CONCLUDED THAT IF THE TOURIST INDUSTRY WAS TO CONTINUE TO ADVANCE, IT MUST RECOGNISE AND RESPOND TO THE CHANGING DEMANDS IN TOURISM. +WE CANNOT EXPECT THAT THE OLD FORMULAE WILL WORK INDEFINITELY, HE ADDED.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF THE FULL TEXT OF MR. DEREK JONES' SPEECH WILL BE DISTRIBUTED SEPARATELY IN THE GIS PRESS BOXES THIS EVENING.
SEVERANCE PAY DISPUTE SETTLED ******
THE SEVERANCE PAY DISPUTE INVOLVING 110 WORKERS DISMISSED LAST FRIDAY BY MICRO ELECTRONICS LTD. OF KWUN TONG WAS SETTLED TODAY.
THE SETTLEMENT WAS REACHED AT A MEETING BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF WORKERS AND MANAGEMENT AT THE KWUN TONG LABOUR RELATIONS OFFICE THIS MORNING. THE MEETING LASTED ONLY AN HOUR.
THE AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED BY SIX WORKERS' REPRESENTATIVES AND THREE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MANAGEMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S CONCILIATOR MR. CHOW TUNG-SHAN. THE AGREEMENT PROVIDES SEVEN DAYS' WAGES IN LIEU OF NOTICE, PRO-RATA ANNUAL BONUS AND SEVERANCE PAYMENTS TIED TO LENGTH OF SERVICE. WORKERS WITH MORE THAN THREE MONTHS' SERVICE WILL GET SEVERANCE PAY.
PAYMENT WILL BE MADE ON FRIDAY COCTOBER 11) AFTERNOON AT THE FACTORY PREMISES.
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