SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1993
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CONTRACT WITH TERMS THAT ARE UNFAIR TO THE EMPLOYEE OR DO NOT ADEQUATELY PROTECT THE EMPLOYEE'S INTERESTS WILL NOT BE ATTESTED,' HE STRESSED.
MR CHENG POINTED OUT THAT A DULY ATTESTED CONTRACT WILL NOT ONLY CLEARLY DEFINE THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES BUT WILL ALSO ENSURE THAT THE TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT ARE REASONABLE.
IT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH DETAILS AS PAY, NATURE AND HOURS OF WORK, HOLIDAYS, SICKNESS ALLOWANCE, EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION, PROVISION OF FOOD AND ACCOMMODATION, REPATRIATION ARRANGEMENT AND PROVISIONS FOR DEPENDANTS.
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ORDER TO SAFEGUARD THE INTERESTS OF THE EMPLOYEES WORKING OVERSEAS FOR FOREIGN EMPLOYERS, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL REQUIRE A HONG KONG RESIDENT NOMINATED BY THE EMPLOYER TO FURNISH A BOND OR GUARANTEE BEFORE ATTESTING THE CONTRACT, MR CHENG SAID.
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HE SAID IT WAS AN OFFENCE IF AN EMPLOYER OR HIS AGENT FAILED TO ENTER INTO A WRITTEN CONTRACT WITH THE EMPLOYEE OR FAILED TO PRESENT THE CONTRACT ΤΟ THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT FOR ATTESTATION BEFORE THE EMPLOYEE'S DEPARTURE.
"THE EMPLOYER OR HIS AGENT WILL ALSO BE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION FOR INDUCING AN EMPLOYEE TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT THAT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE ORDINANCE, OR INDUCING THE EMPLOYEE TO DEPART HONG KONG TO TAKE UP EMPLOYMENT BEFORE THE CONTRACT IS ATTESTED," HE SAID.
"OFFENDERS WILL BE LIABLE, ON CONVICTION, ΤΟ A FINE OF $50,000," HE ADDED.
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES UNDER THE ORDINANCE MAY BE MADE TO THE EXTERNAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE ON 852 3535.
HEROIC SERVICEMEN REMEMBERED
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THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID FORD, LAID A WREATH AT CENOTAPH IN STATUE SQUARE THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING TO HONOUR THOSE WHO HAD GIVEN THEIR LIVES ON ACTIVE SERVICE.
THE
THE SOLEMN CEREMONY MARKING REMEMBRANCE DAY BEGAN AT 11 AM WITH THE FIRING OF A GUN AT HMS TAMAR WHICH SIGNALLED THE OBSERVANCE OF TWO MINUTES' SILENCE.
AT THE FIRING OF A SECOND GUN, BUGLERS OF THE FIRST BATTALION, THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF WALES, SOUNDED THE "LAST POST".
/WREATHS WERE
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