TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1981
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LABOUR RELATIONS WORKSHOPS HELD
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THE THIRD IN A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS ON LABOUR RELATIONS ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT BEGAN AT QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM, WAN CHAI, TODAY (TUESDAY).
MR DONALD CHAN, CHIEF LABOUR OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICE, TOLD PARTICIPANTS THAT THE SERIES OF WORKSHOP FORMED PART OF A YEAR-LONG LABOUR AND STAFF RELATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.
THE PROJECT, HE SAID, WAS AIMED AT PROVIDING PARTICIPANTS WITH TRAINING ON LABOUR RÉLATIONS AND RELATED SUBJECTS WITH THE
HOPE OF ENSURING THE HARMONIOUS DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECONOMY AND SOCIAL PROGRESS IN HONG KONG.
MR CHAN WENT ON TO SAY THAT INDUSTRIAL CONFLICTS WERE ROOTED IN THE CONFLICTING INTERESTS OF EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES.
HE SAID THAT THE MOST COMMON OBJECTIVE OF BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS WAS TO BE PRODUCTIVE AND PROFITABLE WHILE THAT OF THE EMPLOYEES WAS STEADY EMPLOYMENT WITH FAIR WAGES AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT.
THEIR COMPETING EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE THEIR TARGETS USUALLY ENDED UP IN LABOUR DISPUTES, HE ADDED,
DESPITE THE LATENT CONFLICT IN INTERESTS, MR CHAN WENT ON, EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES ALSO HAD MUTUAL OBJECTIVES THE MOST COMMON ONE BEING THE PROSPERITY OF THE ORGANISATION,
TO PROMOTE LABOUR RELATIONS, HE CALLED ON THE THREE PARTIES MANAGEMENT, INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES AND TRADE UNIONS TO ENDEAVOUR TO WIDEN THIS MUTUAL AREA AND MAINTAIN A HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIP.
OTHER SPEAKERS AT THE OPENING WERE MR WHELAN WONG, PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AND MR WU LANG-MENG, LABOUR OFFICER (LABOUR RELATIONS).
SPEAKERS AT THE WORKSHOP'S OTHER SESSIONS WILL BE MR LAM WAH-HUI, CHAIRMAN OF GOVERNMENT SCHOOL NON-GRADUATE TEACHERS' UNION, MR MAK SAI-YIU, ACTING SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER, MR HOUDINI H.T. HO. SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER, AND MR FRED K.Y, LAM, PERSONNEL MANAGER" (STAFF RELATIONS) OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION.
THE FOURTH AND LAST WORKSHOP WILL BEGIN AT THE STADIUM ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 6.
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