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FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1975.
SEVERANCE PAY DISPUTE SETTLED
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THE SEVERANCE PAY NEGOTIATIONS INVOLVING 55 RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES OF ON LOK YUEN COMPANY LIMITED ENDED YESTERDAY.
THREE MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVES AND EIGHT REPRESENTATIVES OF THE WORKERS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT CONCILIATOR, MR. TO SAU-HONG.
THE TERMS OF AGREEMENT WHICH COVER OLD AGE GRATUITY, SPECIAL GRATUITY YEAR-END BONUSĖS, SEVERANCE PAYMENT AND AN EXTRÁ MONTH'S PAY WERE REACHED AFTER A FOUR-HOUR MEETING IN THE LABOUR RELATION OFFICE.
PAYMENT WILL BE MADE TO ALL WORKERS CONCERNED WITHIN TWO WEEKS.
PRESENTATION OF COMPENSATION AWARD
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A CHEQUE FOR $22,650 WAS PRESENTED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT TODAY TO THE WIDOW OF A POLICE SERGEANT WHO WAS KILLED BY AN ARMED ROBBER IN MARCH 1973.
THE MONEY WAS AWARDED TO MADAM TSE SHUM SHU MUI AS COMPENSATION UNDER SECTION 95 (1) OF THE INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL CLAUSES ORDINANCE IN A RESOLUTION PASSED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL LAST NOVEMBER.
HER HUSBAND, SGT TSE YUEN CHUNEG, WAS SHOT WHEN HE WENT TO INVESTIGATE AN ARMED ROBBERY AT THÉ KOWLOON CITY BRANCH OF THE KA WAN BANK ON MARCH 27, 1973 AND DIED THE SAME DAY.
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