TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1982
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HEALTHY INDUSTRIAL SECTOR IMPORTANT
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A HEALTHY INDUSTRIAL SECTOR IS IMPORTANT TO TSUEN WAN RESIDENTS AS A SOURCE OF EMPLOYMENT AND PROSPERITY, THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE TSUEN WAN MODEL WORKER AWARD SCHEME PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY AT THE TOWN HALL, MR MACLEOD SAID 55 PER CENT OF THE DISTRICT'S WORKING POPULATION WAS EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY AS COMPARED WITH ONLY 41 PER CENT IN HONG KONG AS A WHOLE.
MOREOVER, HE SAID, TSUEN WAN WAS STILL HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON THE MANUFACTURE OF TEXTILES AND WEARING APPAREL.
+THE FACT THAT THE DISTRICT BOARD HAS AN INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE AT ALL -- I BELIEVE IT IS THE ONLY DISTRICT BOARD WHICH DOES HAVE ONE - UNDERLIES THE IMPORTANCE OF INDUSTRY TO TSUEN WAN, HE SAID.
HE SAID THE INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE HAD +VERY PROPERLY+ CONCENTRATED ON ACTIVITIES WHICH HELP THE WORKERS, FOR INSTANCE THE MODEL WORKER AWARD SCHEME HELD ANNUALLY SINCE 1980, PROMOTION OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND WORKERS' CANTEEN.
TEN FACTORY WORKERS WON THE AWARD THIS YEAR FOR THEIR INTEREST IN WORK AND CONTRIBUTION TO LOCAL INDUSTRY. EACH RECEIVED A CASH PRIZE OF $2 000 AND A TROPHY.
THEY
THIS YEAR, THE AWARD SCHEME, WHICH AIMS TO CREATE A SENSE OF BELONGING AMONG THE WORKERS AND TO PROMOTE THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS, ALSO INCLUDES A SINGING CONTEST, AND FACTORY VISITS FOR THE 10 SELECTED MODEL WORKERS.
TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY A TWO-HOUR VARIETY SHOW BY LOCAL SINGERS, RADIO PERSONALITIES AND WINNERS OF THE SINGING CONTEST.
GROUP HOLDS FIRST MEETING ON WAYS TO HELP WORKERS
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THE WORKING GROUP TO EXAMINE WAYS TO HELP WORKERS AFFECTED BY BUSINESS CLOSURES HELD ITS FIRST MEETING IN THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON.
IT HAS DECIDED TO INVITE PERSONS OR ORGANISATIONS TO FORWARD IN WRITING THEIR VIEWS OR REPRESENTATIONS ON MATTERS WITHIN ITS TERMS OF REFERENCE.
SUCH REPRESENTATIONS SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE SECRETARY OF THE WORKING GROUP, MR ALFRED CHAN WING-KIT OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, BEFORE DÉCEMBER 15.
ALL VIEWS AND REPRESENTATIONS RECEIVED WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE WORKING GROUP.
THE GROUP'S