IN
5
SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 1985
GIVING ASSISTANCE THAT SIR SHIU-KIN'S LATEST DONATION WOULD BE SPENT WISELY MR BLACK BUR ADDED :''I HOPE THAT IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SPARE THE TIME TO SEE THE TANGIBLE RESULTS WHICH STEM DIRECTLY FROM YOUR GENEROSITY.''
MR BLACKBURN LATER EXPLAINED THAT THE PLANNED RECUPERATION CENTRE WOULD ALLOW POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE RECOVERING FROM LONG TERM ILLNESSES OR SHOOTING OR OTHER INJURIES SUSTAINED ON DUTY TO RELAX AND RECOVER IN A QUIET RURAL SETTING WITH GOOD ACCOMMODATION AND GOOD FOOD.
''IT'S AT THE HEART OF FORCE WELFARE TO PROVIDE THIS CARE, HE SAID. "' REGARD IT AS VERY NECESSARY,''
BOSSES URGED TO SET OUT WORK RULES FOR STORMS *****
EMPLOYERS WERE ADVISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (SUNDAY) TO REACH PRIOR AGREEMENT WITH THEIR EMPLOYEES ABOUT WORKING ARRANGEMENTS DURING A TROPICAL STORM.
AGREEMENT ON RELEASE FROM WORK AND THE METHOD OF CALCULATING WAGES TO BE PAID IN SUCH SITUATIONS WOULD HELP AVOID MISUNDERSTANDING, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.
ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO LEGAL PROVISION COVERING THIS MATTER, ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD BE WORKED OUT, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ALL RELEVANT FACTORS, SUCH AS NATURE OF WORK, PLACE OF WORKERS' RESIDENCE AND AVAILABILITY OF TRANSPORT, HE SAID.
NORMALLY, HE SAID, EMPLOYERS SHOULD SEND THE IR EMPLOYEES HOME WHEN TYPHOON SIGNAL NUMBER EIGHT OR HIGHER IS HOISTED, OR WHEN PUBLIC TRANSPORT IS ABOUT TO STOP.
THIS, HOWEVER, DID NOT APPLY TO EMPLOYEES WHO WERE REQUIRED TO PERFORM ESSENTIAL AND EMERGENCY DUTIES DURING A TYPHOON, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
EMPLOYERS MAY APPROACH THE LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR ADVICE WHEN DRAFTING OR PREPARING AGREEMENTS CONCERNING TYPHOON ARRANGEMENTS, HE SAID.
/6