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THE SECOND LOT, WHICH IS FOR PUBLIC LORRY PARK AND GODOWN PURPOSES, HAS AN AREA OF ABOUT 3 956 SQUARE METRES.
IT WAS SOLD TO WADHAM INVESTMENT LIMITED FOR $5.6 MILLION, OR $1 415.57 PER SQUARE METRE.
REMINDER ON FLOATING HOLIDAYS ****
EMPLOYERS WERE REMINDED TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT FROM NEXT YEAR, EMPLOYEES COVERED BY THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE WILL BE ENTITLED TO AN ADDITIONAL FLOATING HOLIDAY.
THE ADDITIONAL HOLIDAY WILL BRING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STATUTORY HOLIDAYS IN A YEAR FOR SUCH EMPLOYEES TO 11.
THE ORDINANCE APPLIES TO ALL MANUAL EMPLOYEES AND THOSE NON-MANUAL EMPLOYEES EARNING NOT MORE THAN $7 500 A MONTH.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT THE ADDITIONAL FLOATING HOLIDAY IS PROVIDED FOR BY THE EMPLOYMENT (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1982 WHICH WILL COME INTO OPERATION ON JANUARY 1.
THE ORDINANCE, HE ADDED, ALSO PROVIDES FOR THE WAY OF TAKING FLOATING HOLIDAYS,
EMPLOYERS HAVE TO FIX THE DATES OF THE FLOATING HOLIDAYS IN 1983 AND INFORM THEIR EMPLOYEES BY A NOTICE POSTED AT A CONSPICUOUS PLACE BEFORE THE END OF 1982.
IF AN EMPLOYER HAS NOT FIXED ONE OR BOTH OF THE FLOATING HOLIDAYS, THEN SUCH DAY OR DAYS WILL, AT THE REQUEST OF EMPLOYEES, BE ADDED TO THE IR PAID ANNUAL LEAVE.
WHERE THE EMPLOYER HAS NOT FIXED THE FLOATING HOLIDAYS AND EMPLOYEES HAVE NOT REQUESTED THAT THEY BE ADDED TO THE IR PAID ANNUAL LEAVE, THE EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE GIVEN A HOLIDAY ON THE MONDAY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SECOND SATURDAY IN JUNE AND ON THE LAST MONDAY IN AUGUST.
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IF A STATUTORY HOLIDAY HAPPENS TO FALL ON EITHER OF THESE
LANG, THEN THE EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE GIVEN A HOLIDAY ON THE
DAY.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE AMENDMENT ORDINANCE ALSO PROVIDES EMPLOYEES WITH SAFEGUARD AGAINST LOSING A STATUTORY HOLIDAY IF THE HOLIDAY HAPPENS TO FALL ON A SUNDAY OR A REST DAY.
THEREFORE, IF LUNAR NEW YEAR'S DAY OR THE SECOND OR THIRD DAY OF LUNAR NEW YEAR FALLS ON A SUNDAY, THEN THE LUNAR NEW YEAR EVE SHOULD BE A STATUTORY HOLIDAY.
FURTHERMORE, IF A STATUTORY HOLIDAY OR AN ALTERNATIVE HOLIDAY OR A SUBSTITUTED HOLIDAY FALLS ON A REST DAY, THEN THE EMPLOYEE SHOULD BE GRANTED A HOLIDAY ON THE NEXT DAY, HE SAID.