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FRIDAY, JULY 25, 19-0
•AND THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD'S INDUSTRIAL SUB-COMMITTEE IS VERY CONCERNED WITH THE EVERYDAY NEEDS OF FACTORIES AND WORKERS.+
MR LAM SAID THE SUB-COMMITTEE WAS PLANNING TO ESTABLISH WORKERS' CANTEENS IN THE DISTRICT TO HELP SOLVE LUNCH PROBLEMS.
HE ALSO REVEALED THAT THE DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD WAS CO-ORDINATING THE FORMATION OF A TSUEN WAN FEDERATION OF
INDUSTRY.
PREPARATORY WORK HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND THE FEDERATION WOULD BE INAUGURATED SHORTLY.
+ INDUSTRIALISTS WILL THEN HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO EXCHANGE EXPERIENCES AND KNOWLEDGE, HE SAID.
ALSO, MORE ACTIVITIES AND WELFARE FACILITIES WOULD BE ORGANISED FOR WORKERS.
MR LAM SAID WHAT INDUSTRY HAD ACHIEVED, WAS THE RESULT OF DECADES OF HARD WORK BY OUR PREDECESSORS.
+SUCCESS HAS NOT COME BY LUCK.
+THE BASIC FACTORS AT THE BACK OF OUR SUCCESS HAVE BEEN THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT OF GOVERNMENT- CO-OPERATION BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES- THE CONFIDENCE INDUSTRIAL ISTS HAVE IN HONG KONG THEIR QUICK THINKING, AND THE CONCERTED EFFORTS OF WORKERS.+
HE URGED WORKERS AND INDUSTRIALISTS TO CONTINUE THE IR EFFORTS AND PUSH HONG KONG'S INDUSTRY A STEP FURTHER.
THE SEVEN MODEL WORKERS, WHO WERE ELECTED BECAUSE OF THEIR OUTSTANDING WORK PERFORMANCE AND THE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS THEY ENJOY WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES, WERE MS TAI CHOI-CHUN, MR YEUNG CHIK-SUN, MS HO YAU-HA, MR LEUNG KWONG, MS KWAN YUK-LIN, MS TONG SAU-LUEN AND MR WONG WAH-CHIU.
THEY WERE PRESENTED WITH A GOLD MEDAL AND A CHEQUE FOR
$2 000 EACH AT THE CEREMONY.
MR WU YUK-CHAU, WINNER OF A SLOGAN COMPETITION WHICH WAS ALSO PART OF THE MODEL WORKERS AWARD SCHEME, WAS PRESENTED WITH $5 000 AND A TROPHY,
OFFICIATING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY WERE THE DISTRICT OFFICER TSUEN WAN, MR LUI HAU-TUEN THE TOWN OFFICER KWAI CHUNG, MR ALAN LAI, AND A TSUEN WAN DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER, DR ALEXANDER LAI.
A CONCERT, HELD IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CEREMONY, WAS ATTENDED BY 1 500 LOCAL WORKERS. PERFORMERS INCLUDED POPULAR LOCAL STARS, MISS AGNES CHAN, DAVID AU, DANNY CHAN, AND RADIO HONG KONG DISC JOCKEYS.