SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1989
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AS FOR WORK STRIKES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE NUMBER HAD ALSO DROPPED FROM SIX CASES TO THREE CASES DURING THE PERIOD.
"MOREOVER, THERE WAS ALSO A DECREASE IN SMALL CLAIMS MADE BY EMPLOYEES FROM 8,296 CASES, INVOLVING 11, 100 WORKERS, TO 7,765 CASES BY 10,400 WORKERS, HE SAID.
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DISMISSALS
"ABOUT 60 PER CENT OF THE CLAIMS AROSE FROM ALLEGED WITH INSUFFICIENT NOTICE AND FAILURE TO PAY WAGES,
17 PER CENT WERE RELATED TO ANNUAL LEAVE PAYMENT AND REDUNDANCY DUE TO RETRENCHMENT, AND THE REST WERE DUE TO VARIOUS OTHER REASONS."
TAI PO RESIDENTS URGED TO REGISTER AS VOTERS
THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MR THOMAS YIU, TODAY (SATURDAY) CALLED ON RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT TO REGISTER AS VOTERS BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30.
OFFICIATING AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE DISTRICT'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME AT THE TAI PO CIVIC CENTRE, MR YIU SAID THE FIRST STEP IN PARTICIPATING IN DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION WAS TO REGISTER AS AN ELECTOR.
"THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION IS TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS' PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS THROUGH THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM.
"IN FACT, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A HEALTHY COMMUNITY DEPENDS ON THE JOINT EFFORT OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PUBLIC, HE SAID.
TODAY'S CLOSING CEREMONY WAS FOLLOWED BY A VARIETY SHOW WHICH ATTRACTED OVER 800 RESIDENTS.
THE TWO-HOUR SHOW INCLUDED PERFORMANCES BY POPULAR SINGERS, THE ΤΑΙ PO DISTRICT CHILDREN'S CHOIR, WINNERS OF A LOCAL SINGING COMPETITION AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S TAI PO DISTRICT COMMUNITY
YOUTH GROUP.
DURING THE TWO-MONTH SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME, MORE THAN 300 INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HAD BEEN HELD. THEY INCLUDED CAMPING, VISITS, PICNICS, SPORTS ACTIVITIES, SEMINARS AND TRAINING CLASSES.
THE PROGRAMME, HELD ANNUALLY IN TAI PO FOR RESIDENTS AGED BETWEEN SIX AND 25, WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE TAI PO DISTRICT SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME ORGANISING COMMITTEE AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL.
IT WAS SPONSORED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB AND THE TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD WITH THE SUPPORT OF MORE THAN 20 LOCAL BODIES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS.
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