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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1974.
FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF SAU MAU PING CENTRAL ESTATE
WELFARE BUILDING
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THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S SAU MAU PING (CENTRAL) ESTATE WELFARE BUILDING WILL MARK ITS FIFTH ANNIVERSARY ON THURSDAY COCTOBER 17) WITH AN +ANNIVERSARY DAY+ CELEBRATION ORGANISED BY WELFARE AGENCIES HOUSED IN THE PREMISES.
THE CELEBRATIONS, PLANNED BY THE BUILDING'S MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPRESENTING THE AGENCIES, WILL START AT 3.00 P.M. WITH THE OPENING REMARKS BY MR. MA HONG-YAM, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE. IT WILL THEN BE FOLLOWED BY A RIBBON-CUTTING BY SIX LOCAL RESIDENTS IN THE ESTATE.
THE EXHIBITION ON PUBLIC AND WELFARE SERVICES IN THE ESTATE IN THE FORM OF PICTURES, CHARTS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND MODELS IS ALSO ONE OF THE PROGRAMMES OF THAT DAY. IT WILL LAST FOR TWO DAYS.
THE FINAL PROGRAMME, WHICH IS TO BE HELD IN THE EVENING, IS A FILM AND COLOUR SLIDE SHOW WITH A THEME ON FAMILY PLANNING AND EDUCATION.
BESIDES THE DEPARTMENT'S SAU MAU PING (CENTRAL) ESTATE COMMUNITY WORK OFFICE AND THE SAU MAU PING DEAF CLUB, THE BUILDING ALSO ACCOMMODATES THE PING NGON YOUTH SERV ICE CENTRE= THE FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG⇒ THE HOLY CARPENTER CHURCH CLINIC= THE HONG KONG BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUB ASSOCIATION SAU MAU PING LIBRARY AND THE GOSPEL DEBATING SOCIETY SAU MAU PING DAY NURSERY.
A SIMILAR EXHIBITION IS BEING HELD AT THE HALL OF SAU MAU PING ESTATE WELFARE BUILDING (SOUTH). THE EXHIBITION, WHICH STARTED YESTERDAY COCTOBER 14), WILL END TODAY.
SEVERANCE PAY DISPUTE SETTLED ******
THE SEVERANCE PAY DISPUTE INVOLVING 80 WORKERS OF THE HONG KONG TABLEWARE LIMITED IN TSUEN WAN WAS SETTLED TODAY.
LABOUR DEPARTMENT CONCILIATOR, MR. SIN CHUNG YU, HAD CHAIRED TWO MEETINGS ON OCTOBER 10 AND 11 IN WHICH REPRESENTATIVES OF WORKERS AND MANAGEMENT DISCUSSED THE TERMS OF SETTLEMENT.
A SUM OF $53.738 COVERING SEVEN DAYS WAGES IN LIEU OF NOTICE, PRO RATA ANNUAL BONUSES, SEVERANCE PAYMENTS AND GRATUITY WAS MADE TO THE WORKERS AT THE FACTORY THIS AFTERNOON.
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