SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1984
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REMINDER ON TYPHOON ARRANGEMENTS
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) ADVISED EMPLOYERS THAT THEY SHOULD REACH PRIOR AGREEMENT WITH THEIR EMPLOYEES ON WORKING ARRANGEMENTS ON THE APPROACH OF OR DURING A TROPICAL STORM.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE AGREEMENT SHOULD INCLUDE RULES FOR WORK, RELEASE FROM WORK, THE METHOD OF CALCULATING WAGES UNDER VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.
+ALTHOUGH THE LAW DOES NOT LAY DOWN ANY PARTICULAR PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW. IT IS BASICALLY A MATTER OF DECISION BETWEEN EACH EMPLOYER AND HIS EMPLOYEES, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE NATURE OF EMPLOYMENT AND THE INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEE'S PLACE OF RESIDENCE, AVAILABILITY OF TRANSPORT AND OTHER FACTORS, HE ADDED.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT CONFUSION, OR EVEN DISPUTES, COULD ARISE IF THERE WAS NO PRIOR UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES AS TO WHAT TO DO DURING A TYPHOON.
HE SAID THAT ON SUCH OCCASIONS, PRIOR CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE EMPLOYEES' SAFETY, BOTH AT THE PLACE OF WORK AND DURING THE JOURNEY TO AND FROM HOME.
+FOR EXAMPLE, EMPLOYERS SHOULD SEND THEIR EMPLOYEES HOME WHEN TYPHOON SIGNAL NUMBER EIGHT OR HIGHER IS HOISTED, OR WHEN PUBLIC TRANSPORT IS ABOUT TO STOP.
+OF COURSE, EMPLOYEES WHO ARE REQUIRED TO PERFORM ESSENTIAL AND EMERGENCY DUTIES DURING A TYPHOON WOULD BE EXCEPTIONS,+ HE ADDED.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID EMPLOYERS MIGHT APPROACH THE LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR ADVICE WHEN DRAFTING OR PREPARING AGREEMENTS CONCERNING TYPHOON ARRANGEMENTS.
MORE BOARD MEMBERS TO SERVE KWUN TONG *****
THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD WILL HAVE EIGHT MORE ELECTED MEMBERS TO SERVE THE DISTRICT AFTER NEXT MARCH ELECTIONS, THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR CLAYMON LAI, SAID THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING.
+ THE NUMBER OF ELECTED MEMBERS WILL BE INCREASED FROM 12 TO 20, WITH EIGHT CONSTITUENCIES EACH HAVING TWO ELECTED MEMBERS AND THE OTHER FOUR CONSTITUENCIES ONE EACH, HE SAID.
/HE XPLAINED