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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1987
STAGGERED RELEASE OF STAFF SUGGESTED WITH THE APPROACH OF TYPHOON
WITH THE APPROACH OF TYPHOON GERALD, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) REMINDED EMPLOYERS OF THE THEIR STAFF IN PHASES IF AND WHEN THE NO. 8
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN IMPORTANCE OF RELEASING SIGNAL WAS RAISED.
CO-OPERATION OF EMPOYERS LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
HE POINTED OUT THAT ONLY WITH THE
THE COULD THE TRANSPORT PROBLEMS CAUSED BY RETURNING HOME ALMOST AT THE SAME TIME BE REDUCED.
THEIR
HE SAID GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WOULD BE RELEASING IN PHASES WHEN THE HOISTING OF A NO. 8 SIGNAL WAS IMMINENT. THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO TAKE SIMILAR STEPS WITH THEIR STAFF.
STAFF HE URGED
THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT WHEN THE DIRECTOR OF ROYAL OBSERVATORY WAS REASONABLY CERTAIN THAT A NO. 8 SIGNAL WOULD BE
HOURS, THE HOISTED WITHIN THE NEXT TWO
GOVERNMENT WOULD ISSUE AN THEIR ANNOUNCEMENT ADVISING DEPARTMENT HEADS AND EMPLOYERS TO RELEASE STAFF IN STAGES.
THIS SHOULD START WITH STAFF WHO HAD TO CATCH AN OUTLYING FERRY SERVICES WOULD FERRY, FOLLOWING A BROADCAST ANNOUNCEMENT THAT SOON BE SUSPENDED.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE SECOND GROUP TO BE RELEASED SHOULD BE THOSE WHO HAVE TO MAKE A LONG AND DIFFICULT JOURNEY HOME.
HE SAID THAT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT ΤΟ DEFINE A LONG AND LIVE DIFFICULT JOURNEY, BUT NOTED THAT PEOPLE WHO WORK IN CENTRAL AND
BE INCLUDED IN THIS THE NEW TERRITORIES, OR VICE VERSA, SHOULD CATEGORY.
IN
WHEN THE NO. 8 SIGNAL WAS HOISTED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID
EMPLOYERS SHOULD RELEASE THOSE WHO HAD TO TAKE MORE THAN ONE PUBLIC TRANSPORT TO GO HOME.
TRIP OF
"THEY SHOULD ALSO RELEASE AT THIS TIME PEOPLE WHO HAVE STRONG TO OR PRESSING PERSONAL REASONS TO RETURN HOME, E.G. MOTHERS WHO HAVE LOOK AFTER THEIR CHILDREN.'
"THE LAST GROUP OF PEOPLE TO BE RELEASED SHOULD BE THOSE WHO LIVE NEAR TO THEIR PLACE OF WORK, HE ADDED.
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BETWEEN
THREE
SIX
THE SPOKESMAN ASSURED COMMUTERS THAT MAJOR TRANSPORT OPERATORS
то WOULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES HOURS AFTER THE NO. 8 SIGNAL HAD BEEN HOISTED.
HE SAID THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF STAFF TO BE RELEASED IN PHASES WERE ONLY GENERAL GUIDELINES HEADS AND EMPLOYERS WOULD HAVE ACCORDING TO CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND
THAT GOVERNMENT TO DECIDE ON THEIR
OWN
DEPARTMENT PRIORITIES
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