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SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1986
LABOUR FESTIVAL CALLED A SUCCESS
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THE SUCCESS OF THE WONG TAI SIN LABOUR FESTIVAL HAS RESULTED FROM KEEN INTEREST AND EFFORTS BY THE DISTRICT BOARD TO PROMOTE GOOD LABOUR RELATIONS, WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR NICHOLAS YEK, SAID THIS (SUNDAY) EVENING.
SPEAKING AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE FESTIVAL, MR YEK SAID THERE HAD BEEN KEEN RESPONSE FROM WORKERS IN THE DISTRICT TO THE THREE-WEEK FESTIVAL WHICH WAS ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE AREA COMMITTEE AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.
+CONCERN AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS ARE VERY ESSENTIAL TO HELP HONG KONG MAINTAIN ITS REPUTATION AS A LEADING MANUFACTURING CENTRE, MR YEK SAID.
+CO-OPERATION AND SUPPORT BETWEEN THE DISTRICT BOARD AND PRIVATE SECTORS ARE ALSO AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN BUILDING A BETTER COMMUNITY FOR EVERYONE, HE ADDED.
MORE THAN BOO PEOPLE ATTENDED TONIGHT'S CLOSING CEREMONY AT THE LOK SIN TONG WONG CHUNG MING SECONDARY SCHOOL.
B.0.0. APPROVES EIGHT FACTORIES IN FEBRUARY *****
EIGHT FACTORY BUILDINGS, INCLUDING THREE ON THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AND ONE ON THE YUEN LONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATE. WERE AMONG 53 PLANS APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE IN FEBRUARY.
OF THE OTHER FOUR FACTORY BUILDINGS, ONE WAS IN TSUEN WAN AND THE REMAINING THREE WERE IN YUEN LONG.
THE PLANS ALSO INCLUDED A 20-STOREY, 512-ROOM HOTEL BUILDING FOR NEW WORLD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED IN WATERLOO ROAD, KOWLOON, AND THREE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS.
/REFLECTING