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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1991
AT MUI WO, MR
SUEN TOURED
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THE
CONSTRUCTION SITE OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL MARKET COMPLEX, AND ITS ADJACENT AREA WHERE A TOWN SQUARE AND A LOCAL OPEN SPACE WILL BE BUILT.
MR SUEN THEN TOURED THE CONSTRUCTION SITE FOR THE RURAL PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE ON PENG CHẦU. THE $140 MILLION PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 1994 AND IT WILL ACCOMMODATE OVER 1,300 PEOPLE.
BEFORE WINDING UP HIS VISIT, MR SUEN ALSO WENT TO YUNG SHUE WAN ON LAMMA ISLAND TO SEE THE DEVELOPMENT OF VILLAGE HOUSES THERE.
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FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPERS ALSO ENTITLED TO LONG SERVICE PAYMENT
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ALL EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING FOREIGN DOMESTIC YEARS' SERVICE WITH THE SAME EMPLOYER ARE PAYMENT ON DISMISSAL.
HELPERS, WITH FIVE ENTITLED ΤΟ LONG
SERVICE
IN RESPONSE TO ENQUIRIES MADE IN THIS CONNECTION, A LABOUR OFFICER, MR YEUNG CHI-KIN,
CHIEF SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT EMPLOYMENT (AMENDMENT) (LONG SERVICE PAYMENT) ORDINANCE,
THE INTO EFFECT ON NOVEMBER 29, APPLIED TO ALL EMPLOYEES ON A
WHICH CAME
CONTRACT.
CONTINUOUS
"A CONTINUOUS CONTRACT IS ONE UNDER WHICH AN EMPLOYEE WORKED FOR THE SAME EMPLOYER FOR FOUR WEEKS OR MORE, PRIOR TO A DATE, FOR AT LEAST 18 HOURS IN EACH OF THE FOUR EXPLAINED.
MR WEEKS,"
HAS
GIVEN YEUNG
REQUIRED EMPLOYER
"THE ORDINANCE PROVIDES THAT AN EMPLOYEE WITH THE LENGTH OF SERVICE WILL BE GIVEN LONG SERVICE PAYMENT BY HIS UPON DISMISSLA FOR REASONS OTHER THAN SUMMARY DISMISSAL REDUNDANCY, HE SAID, ADDING THAT EMPLOYEES AGED 65 OR ABOVE AND WITH 10 YEARS' SERVICE ARE ENTITLED TO THE PAYMENT ON RETIREMENT.
OR
MR YEUNG SAID LONG SERVICE PAYMENT IS CALCULATED AT TWO-THIRDS OF AN EMPLOYEE'S LAST FULL MONTH'S WAGES FOR EVERY COMPLETE YEAR OF SERVICE, SUBJECT TO A MAXIMUM OF 12 MONTHS' WAGES.
"HOWEVER, AN EMPLOYEE'S ACTUAL BENEFIT DEPENDS ON HIS AGE LENGTH OF SERVICE," HE STRESSED.
AND
"FOR INSTANCE, AN EMPLOYEE AGED BELOW 41 AND WITH FIVE YEARS' SERVICE SHOULD BE GIVEN 50 PER CENT OF HIS FULL ENTITLEMENT WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AGED 42 AND WITH EIGHT YEARS' SERVICE WILL RECEIVE LONG SERVICE PAYMENT IN FULL," HE EXPLAINED.
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