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SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1993
247 VR'S RESETTLED LAST MONTH
247 OF
VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES LEFT HONG KONG FOR
A TOTAL RESETTLEMENT OVERSEAS LAST MONTH (DECEMBER).
16 DEPARTED FOR
OF THOSE WHO LEFT FOR OVERSEAS RESETTLEMENT, AUSTRALIA, 43 FOR CANADA, FIVE FOR FINLAND, 30 FOR FRANCE, 46 FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM AND 23 FOR U.S.A.
MEANWHILE, A
TOTAL OF 84 REFUGEES LEFT FOR THE REGIONAL TRANSIT CENTRE IN THE PHILIPPINES, AWAITING RESETTLEMENT OVERSEAS.
BRIEFING SESSIONS FOR FOREIGN WORKERS
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THREE BRIEFING SESSIONS ARE BEING ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT THIS MONTH TO HELP FOREIGN WORKERS FAMILIARISE THEMSELVES WITH THE RELEVANT ORDINANCES, REQUIREMENTS AND CONTRACTUAL LIABILITIES WHILE WORKING IN HONG KONG.
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"THE SESSIONS ARE LINED UP AS MORE FOREIGN WORKERS HAVE ARRIVED UNDER THE CURRENT GENERAL LABOUR IMPORTATION SCHEME, SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER MR FUNG HOI-PING SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
"SIXTEEN
SESSIONS HAD ALREADY BEEN HELD SO FAR AND MORK THAN 1,600 WORKERS HAD BEEN TOLD OF THEIR STATUTORY RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS," HE SAID.
NOTING THAT THE SESSIONS ARE CONDUCTED IN BOTH CANTONESE AND PUTONGHUA, AND NO PRIOR ENROLMENT IS NECESSARY, MR FUNG SAID: "WE HOPE FOREIGN WORKERS COULD ATTEND THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE SESSION UPON THEIR ARRIVAL FOR THEIR OWN BENEFIT."
"EMPLOYERS SHOULD MAKE SUITABLE ARRANGEMENTS FOR WORKERS TO ATTEND, HE STRESSED.
MR FUNG POINTED OUT THAT DURING THE BRIEFING SESSIONS, LABOUR OFFICERS WILL EXPLAIN TO THE WORKERS THEIR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE AND THE TERMS OF THE STANDARD CONTRACT.
"THEY WILL ALSO BE TOLD OF THE GENERAL LABOUR MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN HONG KONG AS WELL AS CHANNELS FOR FURTHER ENQUIRIES AND COMPLAINTS REGARDING DOUBTS ABOUT THEIR TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT AND CONDITION OF STAY, MR FUNG SAID, ADDING THAT A HANDY INFORMATION CARD WITH COMPLAINT HOTLINE NUMBERS WILL BE GIVEN AWAY TO THE WORKERS.
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