MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 11
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LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD MEETS
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MEMBERS OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD MET TODAY (MONDAY) TO DISCUSS SEVERAL ISSUES RELATING TO LABOUR MATTERS AND LEGISLATION.
THE BOARD CONSIDERED THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE WAGE CE IL ING OF NON-MANUAL EMPLOYEES UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE, AND ADVISED THAT SUITABLE ADJUSTMENTS SHOULD BE MADE TO KEEP IN STEP WITH THE GENERAL WAGE MOVEMENT.
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE TRADE UNIONS ORDINANCE TO REMOVE CERTAIN RESTRICTIVE PROVISIONS, AND TO IMPROVE UNION ADMINISTRATION GENERALLY WERE DISCUSSED.
MEMBERS ALSO AGREED THAT HONG KONG SHOULD ACCEPT THE INVITATION FROM THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION TO SEND A TRIPARTITE DELEGATION TO ATTEND THE 10TH ASIAN REGIONAL
CONFERENCE IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA, NEXT MONTH.
THE HONG KONG DELEGATION WILL COMPRISE THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR RON BRIDGE, AND SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER, MR SUNG KWAN-CHAK, AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENT, MR TAM YIU-CHUNG AS REPRESENTATIVE OF EMPLOYEES, AND MR J.A. CHEETHAM, AS REPRESENTATIVE OF EMPLOYERS.
THE MEETING WAS CHAIRED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR.
DISTRICT OFFICER ON TJES-STRENGTHENING CALLS
TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR STEPHEN SELBY, WILL VISIT RESIDENTS' ORGANISATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT STARTING TOMORROW (TUESDAY) IN A MOVE TO STRENGTHEN TIES BETWEEN THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
THERE ARE ABOUT 150 MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS INCORPORATIONS WHICH SERVE A TOTAL OF 51 220 HOUSEHOLDS IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.
IN ADDITION TO THESE ORGANISATIONS, MR SELBY WILL ALSO VISIT 30 VILLAGES IN THE RURAL AREAS TO SEE THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT.
+I HOPE TO HEAR FIRST-HAND INFORMATION ON THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY LOCAL RESIDENTS AND THEIR VIEWS ON HOW THESE PROBLEMS CAN BE TACKLED, + MR SELBY SAID.
HE STRESSED THAT RESIDENTS' ORGANISATIONS HAD AN ACTIVE ROLE IN SUPPORTING COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION THROUGH DIRECT PARTICIPATION IN DISTRICT ACTIVITIES.
→THE IR HARD WORK AND ENTHUSIASM IN PARTICIPATING IN DISTRICT AFFAIRS ARE MUCH APPRECIATED, HE ADDED.
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