WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1991
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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE WORKS BRANCH STRESSED
THE
IMPORTANCE
OF
RESTRAINT ON THE PART OF THE STAFF IN THEIR INDUSTRIAL ACTION SO AS TO MINIMISE INCONVENIENCE TO THE PUBLIC.
DIALOGUE. BETWEEN
THE STAFF AND
UNDERSTANDING
AND LEAD
HE HOPED THAT THE CONTINUED DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT WOULD PROMOTE BETTER TO AN EARLY CONCLUSION OF THE INDUSTRIAL ACTION.
FMO STAFF URGED TO RESUME WORK
AT
FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION (FMO) STAFF WHO STAGED A SIT-IN
MORNING HAVE THE SHAU KEI WAN WHOLESALE FISH MARKET THIS (WEDNESDAY) BEEN URGED TO RESUME WORK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER NOT TO MARKET OPERATION.
CAME
FROM THE
MANAGEMENT THE APPEAL AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT (AFD).
DISRUPT
OF
THE FMO
AND THE
THE
EIGHTEEN HOURLY-PAID. WORKERS OF THE FMO STAGED A SIT-IN AT
IMPENDING SHAU KEI WAN FISH MARKET THIS MORNING IN PROTEST AGAINST AN CUT IN THEIR WORKING HOURS.
MR FMO,
THAT SAID WING-LAP, HUI THE SENIOR MANAGER OF THE
A DECLINE THESE WORKERS USED TO WORK FIVE HOURS A DAY BUT BECAUSE OF IN THE VOLUME OF FISH HANDLED BY THE SHAU KEI WAN MARKET, THE WORKING HOURS WOULD HAVE TO BE REDUCED TO FOUR HOURS DAILY LUNAR NEW YEAR.
STAFF'S AFTER THE
THE FMO ALTOGETHER
RUNS SEVEN
WHOLESALE
FISH MARKETS AND
ABOUT 160 OR 30 PER CENT OF ITS STAFF ARE HOURLY PAID.
MANAGER, MR
C.C. FOK,
AND
THE
TANG, VICTOR
MET MR HUI THAT THE LENGTH TRADED AT
TOGETHER WITH FMO'S PERSONNEL AFD'S FISHERIES OFFICER (MARKETING), MR PROTESTING STAFF THIS MORNING AND EXPLAINED TO THEM OF THEIR WORKING HOURS MUST BE BASED ON THE VOLUME OF FISH INDIVIDUAL MARKETS.
"I FERVENTLY HOPE THAT THE WORKERS WOULD RESUME
REPLACE PEOPLE то WE MAY BE FORCED TO EMPLOY OTHER JOBS," MR HUI SAID.
WORK OR ELSE THEM IN THEIR
DISMISSED WITH,
COULD NOT BE
ON THE WORKERS' SUGGESTION THAT THEY SHOULD BE SEVERANCE PAY IF THEIR DEMAND FOR LONGER WORKING HOURS MET, HE SAID THE FMO HAD NO INTENTION OF DISMISSING THEM.
WHOLE EMPLOYMENT
"THIS IS THE LAST THING WE WISH TO SEE HAPPENING AND THE
THE WITH DEALT
IN ACCORDANCE BE
WITH WILL MATTER ORDINANCE, HE STRESSED.
HE ADDED THAT THE MANAGEMENT WAS ALWAYS READY TO DIALOGUE WITH WORKERS.
CONTINUE ITS
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