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FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1981
THEY WILL REVERT TO THE CROWN IN A MONTH AND MUST BE CLEARED BEFORE THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
THE BRIDGE WILL BE TWO KILOMETRES IN LENGTH AND STRETCH ACROSS TSUEN WAN BAY FROM THE STAGE I BY-PASS AT THE SOUTHERN END OF TEXACO ROAD TO CHAI WAN KOK, CONNECTING UP WITH THE TUEN MUN HIGHWAY.
WORK ON STAGE 11 OF THE BY-PASS WILL BEGIN IN OCTOBER AND BE COMPLETED BY LATE 1984. TOGETHER WITH STAGE I IT WILL FORM A MAJOR TRUNK ROAD LINKING KOWLOON TO THE WESTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
A TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE SPOKESMAN SAID THE RESUMPTION WOULD INVOLVE MOSTLY VACANT SITES, ALTHOUGH TWO FOUR-STOREY FACTORY BUILDINGS, TWO TEMPORARY DOMESTIC STRUCTURES AND EIGHT OTHER TEMPORARY STRUCTURES, INCLUDING SHOPS, STORES AND WORKSHOPS, WERE ALSO INVOLVED.
GOVERNMENT HAS FOR SOME TIME BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH THE OWNERS FOR VOLUNTARY SURRENDER OF THE LOTS. THE OWNERS ARE ENTITLED TO STATUTORY COMPENSATION, PLUS EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE, OR LETTERS OF EXCHANGE.
OPERATORS IN THE FACTORY BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE RESUMPTION AND ADVISED TO SUBMIT CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION TO THE DISTRICT OFFICE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. THERE ARE ABOUT 500 WORKERS IN THESE PREMISES AND THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S TSUEN WAN OFFICE AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE WILL LOOK INTO THEIR PROBLEMS.
TSUEN WAN BY-PASS IS ONE OF SEVERAL MAJOR TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS NOW TAKING PLACE TO COPE WITH THE EXPANSION OF TSUEN WAN AND TUEN MUN NEW TOWNS.
PART OF THE STAGE I BY-PASS WAS OPENED LAST MONTH, AND THE REMAINING SECTION WILL BE READY BY MID-JUNE.
PAID MATERNITY LEAVE STARTS IN JUNE
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LEGISLATION PROVIDING FOR PAID MATERNITY LEAVE FOR EMPLOYEES COVERED BY THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE COMES INTO OPERATION ON JUNE 1. ACCORDING TO A NOTIFICATION IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SAID THAT UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT (AMENDMENT)(NO. 2) ORDINANCE, 1981, ALL WOMEN MANUAL EMPLOYEES AND ALL WOMEN NON-MANUAL EMPLOYEES EARNING UP TO $6 000 A MONTH SHOULD BE PAID WHILE ON MATERNITY LEAVE AT THE RATE OF NOT LESS THAN TWO-THIRDS OF THEIR WAGES.
MATERNITY LEAVE PAY IS LIMITED TO THREE SURVIVING CHILDREN AND THE QUALIFYING SERVICE IS 40 WEEKS OF CONTINUOUS EMPLOYMENT BEFORE THE START OF MATERNITY LEAVE.
THE SPOKESMAN