WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1977
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SIGNIFICANT EFFORT MADE IN KEEPING WORKERS
INFORMED OF THE IR RIGHTS
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THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, THE HON. PETER WILLIAMS, SAID TODAY THAT HIS DEPARTMENT HAD ALREADY PUT SIGNIFICANT EFFORT IN KEEPING THE WORKFORCE INFORMED OF THEIR RIGHTS TO WORKERS' BENEFITS.
HE SAID THAT APART FROM THE STANDARD PUBLICITY EFFORT THROUGH TELEVISION, RADIO AND THE PRESS HIS DEPARTMENT REGULARLY PROVIDED MANY SPEAKERS FOR ORGANISATIONS INTERESTED IN LABOUR AND RELATED MATTERS.
HE WAS REPLYING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. LEUNG TAT-SHING WHO ASKED WHETHER GOVERNMENT WOULD TAKE EFFECTIVE STEPS TO KEEP HONG KONG WORKERS INFORMED OF THEIR RIGHTS.
MR. WILLIAMS SAID HIS DEPARTMENT PRODUCED A WIDE RANGE OF GUIDES AND BOOKLETS IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE EXPLAINING LABOUR LEGISLATION IN SIMPLE TERMS.
+THESE PUBLICATIONS ARE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE AND ARE AVAILABLE AT OFFICES OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, ENQUIRY CENTRES OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND CITY DISTRICT OFFICES, HE SAID...
+ABOUT $500,000 WILL BE SPENT ON THESE PUBLICATIONS NEXT YEAR,+ HE ADDED.
MR. WILLIAMS SAID THE DEPARTMENT FROM TIME-TO-TIME STAGED FULL SCALE PROMOTIONAL EXHIBITIONS AND CAMPAIGNS SUCH AS THE MACHINERY GUARDED EXHIBITION IN MARCH THIS YEAR AND THE CAREERS EXHIBITION PRESENTED EARLIER THIS MONTH.
+ I WILL EXPECT ALL THESE SERVICES TO BE EXPANDED GRADUALLY, AND OUR PLANNED PROGRAMME OF OPENING NEW BRANCH OFFICES WILL ALSO HELP TO MAKE THIS KIND OF INFORMATION EVEN MORE READILY AVAILABLE,+ MR. WILLIAMS SAID.
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