WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1984
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THANK ING MR LEE FOR HIS SUPPORT, THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, DR THE HON JAMES HAYES SAID, THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO BRING THE NEW LEGISLATION CONCERNING END OF YEAR PAYMENT INTO OPERATION ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE 1985 LUNAR YEAR.
THIS MEANS THAT THIS PART OF THE LEGISLATION WILL TAKE EFFECT FROM THE BEGINNING OF A NEW PAYMENT PERIOD.
DR HAYES SAID: THIS SHOULD HELP ALL CONCERNED TO AVOID THE COMPLICATIONS WHICH MIGHT OTHERWISE ARISE FROM THE CALCULATION OF CURRENT END OF YEAR PAYMENTS, WHETHER PRO-RATA OR IN FULL, WERE THIS PART TO BE APPLIED IN THE INTERIM.
IT WAS ALSO PROPOSED THAT THE REMAINING PROVISIONS OF THE BILL SHOULD COME INTO OPERATION ON AUGUST 1, 1984.
DR HAYES POINTED OUT THAT UNDER CLAUSE 25 OF THE BILL, WHICH AMENDED SECTION 44 OF THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE, EMPLOYERS WERE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON END OF YEAR PAYMENT TO THE IR EMPLOYEES BEFORE THEY ENTERED THEIR EMPLOYMENT.
HE SAID THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAD PREPARED A SHORT GUIDE ON THE LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ON END OF YEAR PAYMENT, IN CHINESE AND ENGLISH. THE GUIDE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION AT ALL OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT FROM FRIDAY (JULY 13).
DR HAYES SAID THAT IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT ALL REGISTERED APPRENTICES AS WELL AS ALL THOSE EMPLOYEES COVERED BY THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE BENEFIT FROM THE NEW PROVISIONS, HE WOULD MOVE AT THE COMMITTEE STAGE A CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENT TO THIS EFFECT TO SECTION 48 OF THE APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE.
+ IT HAS NOT BEEN NECESSARY TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE BILL THOUGH, AS MR LEE HAS SAID, SOME OF THE POINTS MADE WILL BE THE SUBJECT OF FURTHER CONSIDERATION, DR HAYES ADDED.
NEW RULES FOR ELECTIONS PROPOSED
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AMENDMENTS TO THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR DISTRICT BOARD AND URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS WERE PROPOSED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THE HON DAVID AKERS-JONES, MOVED THE SECOND READING OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS AND URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) BILL 1984.
+FOLLOWING THE LAST ROUND OF DISTRICT BOARD AND URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS, THE GOVERNMENT HAS COMPLETED A REVIEW OF THE LEGISLATION RELATING TO ELECTORAL AND ASSOCIATED ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS, + HE SAID.
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