FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1987
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HARMONIOUS LABOUR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS STRESSED
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THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR DARWIN CHEN, SAID (FRIDAY) GOOD LABOUR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS COULD ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND SOCIAL STABILITY.
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CITING 1986 AS AN EXAMPLE, MR CHEN SAID THAT ALTHOUGH HCNG KONG'S LABOUR FORCE WAS SLIGHTLY INCREASED, ITS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS WERE UP BY 8.7 PER CENT AND THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY 19 PER CENT OVER 1985.
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"THESE SHOW THAT THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY HAD, то A CERTAIN DEGREE, IMPROVED BOTH ITS WORKING EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY PAST YEAR, HE SAID.
"FURTHERMORE, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT TWO PER C'ENT IN THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDING APRIL THIS YEAR, AS AGAINST 2.2 PER CENT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1986, ALSO REFLECTED THAT THE LABOUR FORCE WAS EFFECTIVELY FULLY EMPLOYED.
"TO ACHIEVE SUCH
MAJOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS, ONE JF THE
IMPORTANT FACTORS IS A HARMONIOUS INDUSTRIAL RELATIONSHIP.'
MR CHEN WAS SPEAKING AT THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE FIRST CERTIFICATE COURSE ON LABOUR RELATIONS AND LABOUR LEGISLATION JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG AND THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.
HE NOTED THAT THE DEPARTMENT ATTACHED GREAT IMPORTANCE TO SUCH COURSES SINCE THEY WOULD ENABLE PARTICIPANTS TO GET A MORE COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE LABOUR LEGISLATION AND MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES, AND TO IMPROVE LABOUR RELATIONS IN THEIR ORGANISATIONS AFTERWARDS.
IN FACT, HE SAID, THE DEPARTMENT'S LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICE HAD BEEN ACTIVELY PROMOTING HARMONIOUS LABOUR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONSHIP THROUGH EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY.
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APART FROM HOLDING CERTIFICATE COURSES ON LABOUR RELATIONS, ALSO CONDUCTS A PROGRAMME OF VISITS
EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONS TRADE UNIONS, ORGANISES INDUSTRY-BASED SEMINARS AND EXHIBITIONS, PRODUCES A NEWSLETTER FOR DISTRIBUTION TO EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES.
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INCREASE THE EXISTING RANGE OF ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS OUR WITH THE EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONS, TRADE UNIONS AND BOARDS THIS YEAR," MR CHEN ADDED.
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