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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1975
TRANSPORTATION COMPANY SEVERANCE PAY DISPUTE SETTLED
THE SEVERANCE PAY DISPUTE INVOLVING 46 STEVEDORES OF A TRANSPORTATION COMPANY WAS SETTLED TODAY.
THE HONG KONG STEVEDORING CO. LTD CLOSED DOWN ITS BUSINESS AT THE END OF DECEMBER LAST YEAR. AS A RESULT. 46 STEVEDORES WHO HAD MORE THAN 10 YEARS' SERVICE WITH THE COMPANY WERE RENDERED REDUNDANT.
AT THE THIRD MEETING AT THE SAN PO KONG LABOUR RELATIONS OFFICE TODAY, THREE REPRESENTATIVES OF WORKERS AND TWO MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVES FINALLY AGREED ON THE TERMS OF SETTLEMENT.
AN AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT CONCILIATOR, MR. NG PING-TIM. UNDER THE AGREEMENT, MANAGEMENT WILL PAY THE WORKERS A LUMP SUM OF $93,000 COVERING SEVERANCE PAYMENTS AND MAGES IN LIEU OF NOTICE.
PAYMENT WILL BE MADE IN THE LAST WEEK OF JANUARY IN THE COMPANY OFFICE.
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PRESENTATION OF COLONIAL FIRE BRIGADES MEDALS
NOTE TO EDITORS:
THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR. HARRY WOOD, WILL PRESENT COLONIAL FIRE BRIGADES LONG SERVICE MEDALS AND CLASPS TO 46 SERVING AND RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE FORE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT A CEREMONY TO TAKE PLACE AT CENTRAL FIRE STATION, DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL, AT 10 A.M. ON FRIDAY (JANUARY 10).
MEDIA
YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE CEREMONY COVERED. REPRESENTATIVES ARE ASKED TO MEET MR. DONALD STRANGE, PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT, AT THE CENTRAL FIRE STATION BY NOT LATER THAN 9.45 A.M.
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