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SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 1988
A 10 CENT INCREASE WILL ALSO BE APPLIED
ΤΟ THE BASIC RATES
FOR LETTERS AND PRINTED PAPERS POSTED TO CHINA, TAIWAN AND MACAU.
THE NEW MINIMUM AIRMAIL RATES FOR ZONE 1 AND ZONE 2 WILL BY $1.40 AND $1.80 RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THE PRICE FOR AEROGRAMMES, WHICH CAN BE POSTED TO ALL COUNTRIES, WILL BE REVISED TO $1.40.
THE REGISTRATION FEE WILL BE INCREASED FROM $5 TO $7 AND THE EXPRESS FEE FROM $4 TO $5.
DETAILS OF THE REVISED POSTAL CHARGES, PUBLISHED IN THE LATEST GAZETTE, CAN BE OBTAINED AT ANY POST OFFICES, OR BY TELEPHONING THE POST OFFICE ENQUIRY BUREAU ON 5-231071.
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING THE REVISED
TELECOMMUNICATIONS FEES AND
CHARGES CAN BE MADE TO THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LICENSING OFFICE ON 5-8529674.
NOMINATION OF REPRESENTATIVES TO LAB
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS ISSUED LETTERS TO 426 REGISTERED EMPLOYEES' TRADE UNIONS INVITING THEM TO NOMINATE CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION AS EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES TO THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD.
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LETTERS HAVE ALSO BEEN SENT TO FIVE EMPLOYERS ORGANISATIONS TO INVITE THEM TO NOMINATE REPRESENTATIVES FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE
BOARD.
THE NEW TERM OF OFFICE OF THE BOARD WILL BEGIN ON JANUARY 1 NEXT YEAR FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1990.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT STARTING FROM THE NEW TERM OF OFFICE, THE MEMBERSHIP COMPOSITION WILL BE CHANGED ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS WILL REMAIN AT 12.
THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR OR HIS DEPUTY WILL REMAIN AS THE EX-OFFICIO CHAIRMAN.
UNDER THE NEW COMPOSITION, THE NUMBER OF ELECTED EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES AND THAT OF NOMINATED EMPLOYERS' REPRESENTATIVES WILL BOTH BE INCREASED FROM FOUR TO FIVE.
AS A RESULT, HE SAID THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEE AND EMPLOYER MEMBERS APPOINTED WILL BE REDUCED FROM TWO TO ONE.
THE FIVE SEATS ON THE EMPLOYEES SIDE WILL BR FILLED BY ELECTION TO BE HELD IN OCTOBER BY REGISERED ON THE BASIS OF ONE UNION ONE VOTE.
EMPLOYEES'
TRADE UNIONS
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