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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1993
"IN OTHER WORDS, AN EMPLOYEE IS PROTECTED FROM DISMISSAL ONCE THE NOTICE IS GIVEN TO HER EMPLOYER, HE ADDED.
MR YEUNG POINTED OUT THAT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS PREPARED A STANDARD FORM OF NOTICE, BOTH IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE, ΤΟ FACILITATE EMPLOYEES TO COMPLY WITH THEIR OBLIGATION UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE.
"COPIES OF THIS FORM ARE NOW AVAILABLE, FREE OF CHARGE, IN THE 11 LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICE OFFICES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY, " HE SAID.
MR YEUNG SAID EMPLOYEES INTENDING TO TAKE MATERNITY LEAVE MIGHT CONSIDER USING THE FORM AS FAR AS PRACTICABLE ΤΟ AVOID UNNECESSARY MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND DISPUTES.
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WITH REGARD TO SOME MISUNDERSTANDINGS THAT AN EMPLOYEE SHOULD NOTIFY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT OF HER PREGNANCY BEFORE GIVING NOTICE HER EMPLOYER, MR YEUNG SAID: "THIS IS NOT NECESSARY."
HE ALSO APPEALED TO REGISTERED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS
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A MEDICAL CERTIFICATE AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE TO A PREGNANT EMPLOYEE CERTIFYING THE EXPECTED DATE OF HER CONFINEMENT.
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ACC MEMBERS TOUR WORKS SITES
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MEMBERS OF
THE AIRPORT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE (ACC) SUB-COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TOURED THE CONSTRUCTION SITES OF THE LANTAU FIXED CROSSING AND NORTH LANTAU EXPRESSWAY, TWO ESSENTIAL TRANSPORT COMPONENTS OF THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME.
THEY FIRST ARRIVED AT THE TSING MA BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION SITE ON THE ISLANDS OF TSING YI AND MA WAN WHERE THEY WERE BRIEFED ON THE CURRENT PROGRESS OF BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION BY PROJECT DIRECTOR, LANTAU FIXED CROSSING MANAGEMENT OFFICE OF THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT, MR H S KWONG.
MEMBERS WERE TOLD THAT MAJOR PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE WITH REGARD TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TSING MA BRIDGE. MOST OF THE WORK THAT HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT SO FAR WAS EITHER BELOW GROUND, UNDERWATER OR OVERSEAS.
ON THE TSING YI ISLAND SITE, THE WORK ON EXCAVATION FOR THE CABLE ANCHORAGE HAS ALMOST BEEN COMPLETED. THERE ARE THREE TWIN STEM PIERS BETWEEN THE ANCHORAGE ABUTMENT STRUCTURE AND THE MAIN TSING YI TOWN, FOR WHICH THE EXCAVATION AND POURING OF THE BASE CONCRETE ARE NOW SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED.
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