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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1991
BEST INSURANCE FOR GOOD LABOUR RELATIONS
LABOUR CONVENTIONS THE CONTINUED APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL
LABOUR RELATIONS (ILC'S) IN HONG KONG IS THE BEST INSURANCE FOR GOOD AND AN IMPORTANT FACTOR
MAINTAINING LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AFTER 1997.
IN
THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR DARWIN
HONG KONG SECTION OF THE ADDRESSING THE
(THURSDAY) EVENING.
CHEN, SAID THIS WHEN
THIS
TEXTILE INSTITUTE
HE SAID THE FRAMEWORK PROVIDED BY ILC'S HAD ENABLED TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE BODY OF LABOUR LEGISLATION.
ΤΟ CONTINUING "THIS BODY OF LEGISLATION IS STEADILY IMPROVE THE WELL-BEING OF HONG KONG'S STANDARDS LAID DOWN BY THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR MR CHEN NOTED.
HONG KONG
EVOLVE AND WILL WORKFORCE UP ΤΟ THE ORGANISATION (ILO),"
WITH KONG,
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HE SAID.
ILC'S "AT PRESENT, 47
ARE APPLIED то HONG APPLIED IN FULL AND 18 WITH SOME MODIFICATIONS,
RELATING
ΤΟ
THE
GIVEN EFFECT IN HONG KONG BY
PROVISIONS ON THE RIGHTS AND REST DAYS, STATUTORY HOLIDAYS, SICKNESS ALLOWANCE, MATERNITY
MOST OF THESE CONVENTIONS ARE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE "WHICH INCLUDES BENEFITS FOR WORKERS ANNUAL LEAVE WITH PAY, SICK LEAVE AND LEAVE WITH PAY, SEVERANCE PAYMENT ON REDUNDANCY, LONG SERVICE PAYMENT, AND PROTECTION AGAINST ANTI-UNION DISCRIMINATION".
THE
MR CHEN NOTED THAT
MIGRATION FOR EMPLOYMENT CONVENTION
THE PRINCIPLE OF (REVISED) 1949, WHICH LAYS DOWN
TREATING FOREIGN APPLIED WORKERS NO LESS FAVOURABLE THAN THEIR LOCAL COUNTERPARTS, WAS WITHOUT MODIFICATION TO HONG KONG.
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY UNDER THE IMPORTATION OF LABOUR SCHEMES WAS BASED ON THE SPIRIT OF THIS CONVENTION.
ARE
"BY ADHERING TO THE PRINCIPLE OF THIS CONVENTION, NOT ONLY
INTERNATIONAL WE ABLE TO MAINTAIN HONG KONG'S GOOD REPUTATION ON THE
HOME WITH LABOUR FRONT, BUT ALSO ENSURE AMICABLE LABOUR RELATIONS AT
SINCE THIS PRINCIPLE ENSURES THAT BOTH FOREIGN AND LOCAL WORKERS,
MR CHEN SAID. LOCAL WORKERS' INTERESTS ARE ALSO PROTECTED,
"THIS IS INDEED
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AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN HARMONY AND STABILITY AND THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TO ENSURE
UNDER THE 1989 WORKERS IMPORTED PRESCRIBED WAGES WITHOUT UNLAWFUL DEDUCTIONS,
AND
1990
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MAINTAINING SOCIAL THAT FOREIGN SCHEMES ARE PAID HE STRESSED.
THE
MR CHEN SAID THE
TRIPARTITE GOVERNMENT ALSO CONSIDERED
EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYEES AND THE CONSULTATION, THAT IS DIALOGUES AMONG
IMPORTANCE OF UTMOST
IN ENHANCING GOOD LABOUR GOVERNMENT, TO BE RELATIONS.
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