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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1986
10 AM
10.45 AM
11.15 AM
DEPUTY FINANCIAL SECRETARY, PARAGRAPHS 90-93.
DEPUTY FINANCIAL SECRETARY AND REGISTRAR GENERAL, PARAGRAPHS 107-112.
DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, PARAGRAPHS 136-145 AND 146-151.
NOTE TO EDITORS.
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES COVERING THE OPEN HEARINGS SHOULD BRING WITH THEM A COPY OF THE DIRECTOR OF AUDIT'S ANNUAL REPORT FOR REFERENCE.
IMPORTANCE OF LABOUR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS STRESSED
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THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF WORK STOPPAGES AND LOSS OF WORKING DAYS THIS YEAR, THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR DARWIN CHEN, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES TO MORE THAN 200 PARTICIPANTS OF SIX LABOUR RELATIONS COURSES ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, MR CHEN NOTED THAT NINE WORK STOPPAGES, RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF SOME 4 900 WORKING DAYS, WERE REPORTED IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.
+THESE COMPARED WITH THREE WORK STOPPAGES AND 1 160 WORKING DAYS LOST IN THE WHOLE OF LAST YEAR, HE ADDED.
HOWEVER, MR CHEN POINTED OUT THAT THE INCREASE RESULTED MAINLY FROM TRADE DISPUTES IN TWO LARGE COMPANIES.
IN ONE COMPANY WORK STOPPED FOR ONLY TWO DAYS, BUT THE NUMBER OF WORKING DAYS LOST AMOUNTED TO OVER 2 600, IN THE OTHER CASE, THE COMPANY STOPPED WORK FOR 11 DAYS WITH 1 870 WORKING DAYS LOST.
+AS THESE ARE ONLY ISOLATED CASES, THEY SHOULD NOT BE INTERPRETED AS A DETERIORATION IN LABOUR RELATIONS IN HONG KONG,+ MR CHEN SAID.
/DURING THE