WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1990
'OUTWORKER' AT INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
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THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT CONSIDER IT NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE TO EXTEND THE SCOPE OF EXISTING EMPLOYMENT LEGISLATION TO "OUTWORKERS", THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON K.Y. YEUNG, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HE SAID AT THE PRESENT TIME OUTWORKERS WERE DEFINED IN EMPLOYMENT LEGISLATION AS "A PERSON TO WHOM ARTICLES OR MATERIALS ARE GIVEN OUT TO BE MADE UP, CLEANED, WASHED, ALTERED, ORNAMENTED, FINISHED, OR REPAIRED, OR ADAPTED FOR SALE, IN HIS OWN HOME OR ON OTHER PREMISES NOT UNDER THE CONTROL OR MANAGEMENT OF THE PERSON WHO GAVE OUT THE MATERIALS OR ARTICLES".
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"THIS DEFINITION MAKES IT CLEAR THAT AN OUTWORKER IS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR RATHER THAN AN EMPLOYEE, MR YEUNG SAID IN HIS WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON RONALD CHOW.
STAGE SET FOR HOLDING MORE INT'L EXHIBITIONS, CONFERENCES
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NOW THAT HONG KONG HAS A WORLD CLASS FACILITY THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE, THE STAGE IS SET FOR AN EXPANSION OF HONG KONG'S ROLE IN HOSTING MORE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS AND CONFERENCES.
THE HON SIR DAVID FORD, IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHIEF SECRETARY, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY), IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON DAVID CHEUNG.
FAIRS AND
SIR DAVID SAID THAT AS TO ORGANISING LARGE SCALE EXHIBITIONS IN HONG KONG AND OVERSEAS, HE WAS PLEASED TO ADVISE THAT SUCH ACTIVITIES WERE BEING ACTIVELY PURSUED.
"IT IS INDEED THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY, AS PART OF ITS EFFORTS TO RAISE HONG KONG'S PROFILE, TO ENCOURAGE BOTH PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND THE HOSTING OF CONFERENCES IN HONG KONG," HE SAID.
THEY WERE RATHER OF
IN THIS REGARD, HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT FELT THAT ITS ROLE WAS NOT SO MUCH THAT OF FINANCING SUCH ACTIVITIES (UNLESS DIRECTLY RELATED
ΤΟ THE WORK OF THE GOVERNMENT} BUT FACILITATING THEIR ORGANISATION.
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'NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS ARE THEREFORE BEING ENCOURAGED TO BRING IN MORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES TO HONG KONG,
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HE SAID.
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