MONDAY,

AUGUST 23, 1993

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WATER CUTS IN MONG KOK AND KOWLOON BAST

FRESH WATER SUPPLY TO SOME PREMISES IN MONG KOK WILL GO OFF FROM 11 PM TOMORROW (TUESDAY) TO 6 AM THE FOLLOWING DAY TO FACILITATE WASTE DETECTION WORK ON WATERMAINS.

CHI KOK

THE SUSPENSION WILL AFFECT ALL THE PREMISES AT PRINCE EDWARD ROAD WEST, TONG MI ROAD, MONG KOK ROAD, SHANGHAI STREKT, LAI ROAD, CANTON ROAD, BUTE STREET AND RECLAMATION STREET.

EAST

MEANWHILE, SALT WATER SUPPLY TO SOME AREAS IN KOWLOON WILL BE CUT OFF FROM 10 AM ON THURSDAY (AUGUST 26) TO 10 AM THE NEXT DAY TO FACILITATE MAINTENANCE WORK ON WATERMAINS.

HONG

THE AFFECTED AREA INCLUDE LAM TIN ESTATE, HONG TIN COURT, WAH COURT, HING TIN ESTATE, SAU MAU PING ESTATE, UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL, HONG NING ROAD TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA, CHEUNG WO COURT, SHUN TIN ESTATE, SHUN ON ESTATE, SHUN LEE ESTATE, SHUN LEE TSUEN TEMPORARY HOUSING AREA, CHOI WAN ESTATE, LOK WAH ESTATE AND SHUN CHI COURT.

ALSO INCLUDED WILL BE ALL THE PREMISES AT KUNG LOK ROAD, HONG LEE ROAD AND HIU KWONG STREET.

FLOATING HOLIDAY FOR EMPLOYEES

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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY) REMINDED THIS YEAR'S SECOND FLOATING HOLIDAY FALLS ON AUGUST MONDAY OF THE MONTH.

EMPLOYERS

THAT

30. THE LAST

HAS NOT

HAS NOT

UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE, ALL EMPLOYEES SHALL BE GRANTED THEIR SECOND FLOATING HOLIDAY ON THIS DATE IF THE EMPLOYER ALREADY FIXED A DATE FOR THAT HOLIDAY OR IF THE EMPLOYEE REQUESTED IT TO BE ADDED TO HIS PAID ANNUAL LEAVE.

FOR THAT

1N ADDITION, AN EMPLOYEE IS ENTITLED TO BE PAID HOLIDAY IF HE HAS WORKED FOR HIS EMPLOYER CONTINUOUSLY FOR THREE MONTHS PRECEDING THE HOLIDAY.

HOLIDAY PAY SHOULD BE EQUIVALENT TO AN EMPLOYEE'S EARNINGS ON A NORMAL, WORKING DAY AND SHOULD INCLUDE BASIC WAGES AS WELL AS ALLOWANCES THAT CAN BE EXPRESSED IN MONEY TERMS SUCH AS MBALS AND COSTS OF LIVING ALLOWANCES.

WHERE THE EARNINGS VARY FROM DAY TO DAY THE HOLIDAY PAY SHOULD BE THE AVERAGE DAILY EARNINGS DURING EVERY COMPLETE WAGE PERIOD OF 28 TO 31 DAYS PRECEDING THE MONTH.

IF

MUST BE THAT. DAY,

AN EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO WORK ON A STATUTORY HOLIDAY, HE GIVEN AN ALTERNATIVE DAY OF WITHIN 60 DAYS BEFORE OR AFTER

ENQUIRIES ABOUT STATUTORY HOLIDAYS CAN BE MADE ON TEL 717 1771.

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