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FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1986
A ONE-WEEK EXHIBITION ON HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF WAN CHA! AND ON CIVIC EDUCATION WILL BE STAGED AT THE HENNESSY CENTRE IN CAUSEWAY BAY FROM JANUARY 20.
MRS LAM SAID THAT A DANCE PERFORMANCE NIGHT WILL BE HELD ON JANUARY 28 FOR THE CLOSING CEREMONY AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM.
PAMPHLETS CONTAINING A FULL PROGRAMME OF THE FESTIVAL ARE AVAILABLE AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE ON 5-752477.
THE FESTIVAL IS ORGANISED BY THE 1986 WAN CHAI FESTIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE AND THE DISTRICT BOARD, AND SUPPORTED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE URBAN COUNCIL.
FORMER ATLAS WORKERS PAID ****
A TOTAL OF $4.26 MILLION HAS BEEN PAID OUT FROM THE PROTECTION OF WAGES ON INSOLVENCY FUND TO SOME 1 500 FORMER EMPLOYEES OF THE TWO SUBSIDIARIES OF ATLAS INDUSTRIES LIMITED.
THE LAST BATCH OF WORKERS FROM THE ALPHANETICS MANUFACTURING CO LTD AND THE ATLAS ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING LTD, WHICH CLOSED DOWN IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR, RECEIVED THEIR PAYMENTS LAST MONTH.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SAID THAT AS OF THE END OF DECEMBER, MORE THAN 5 700 APPLICATIONS HAD BEEN RECIEVED FROM WORKERS INVOLVED IN INSOLVENCY CASES SINCE THE FUND BEGAN OPERATION LAST APRIL.
THE WORKERS WERE CLAIMING FOR WAGES OWED BY THE IR EMPLOYERS AMOUNTING TO MORE THAN $15.6 MILLION.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID EMPLOYEES APPLYING FOR PAYMENT FROM THE FUND ARE REQUIRED TO FILL IN AN APPLICATION FORM WHICH MUST BE COMPLETED IN TRIPLICATE.
THEY MUST GIVE ACCURATE INFORMATION WHILE FILLING IN THE FORMS AS ERRORS MAY CAUSE DELAY IN THE PROCESSING OF THEIR CLAIMS.
THE APPLICANTS ALSO HAVE TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTS SUCH AS EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, PAYROLL RECEIPTS, WAGE RECORDS AND ATTENDANCE RECORDS TO SUPPORT THEIR CLAIMS.
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