WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1994
"THE REPORTER TELEPHONED ONCE AGAIN AND ONCE MORE AN EXPLANATION WAS DECLINED. AS THE PROSECUTOR WAS PUTTING DOWN THE TELEPHONE,
HE USED AN EXPLETIVE WHICH WAS NOT INTENDED FOR HER BARS BUT WHICH SHE DID HEAR," MR MATHEWS SAID.
"AS A RESULT THE PROSECUTOR APOLOGISED TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWSPAPER IN WRITING AND THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS SPOKE TO THE EDITOR OFFERING HIS REGRETS AT WHAT HAD OCCURRED," HE ADDED.
MR MATHEWS SAID DISCIPLINARY ACTION HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN BUT PROSECUTOR WAS ADVISED AS TO HIS CONDUCT.
THE
HE ADDED THAT THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC GUIDELINE FOR CIVIL SERVANTS RELATING TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES MENTIONED.
**THE GENERAL QUIDELINE IS THAT CIVIL SERVANTS SHOULD BE COURTEOUS WHEN IN CONTACT WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING THE PRESS. THEY SHOULD ALWAYS BE HELPFUL AND POLITE," THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAID.
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WAGES NOT RESTRAINED BY IMPORTED WORKERS
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IN LOCAL LABOUR, THE
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT THE INCREASE WORKERS' WAGES HAS BEEN RESTRAINED BECAUSE OF IMPORTED SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON JAMES TIEN, MR LEUNG SAID THE NUMBER OF WORKERS UNDER the GENERAL IMPORTATION OF LABOUR SCHEME WAS RESTRICTED TO 25,000, WHICH REPRESENTED ONLY LESS THAN ONE PER CENT OF THE TOTAL WORKFORCE.
"IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THE SMALL NUMBER OF IMPORTED WORKERS WOULD HAVE ANY NOTICEABLE IMPACT ON THE LOCAL WAGE TREND, HE SAID.
HE ALSO SAID IT WAS THE GOVERNMENT POLICY THAT IMPORTED WORKERS SHOULD RECEIVE NO LESS FAVOURABLE TREATMENT IN EMPLOYMENT, INCLUDING WAGES, AS THAT ENJOYED BY LOCAL WORKERS.
HE
"THIS SERVES TO PROTECT IMPORTED WORKERS AGAINST EXPLOITATION AND, AT THE SAME TIME, SAFEGUARD THE INTEREST OF LOCAL EMPLOYEES, SAID.
THE
MR LEUNG ADDED THAT THIS POLICY WAS IN LINE WITH REQUIREMENT UNDER CONVENTION NO. 97 OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION WHICH HAD BEEN APPLIED IN HONG KONG.
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