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Holiday pay should be equivalent to an employee's earnings on a full working day and should include basic wages as well as allowances that can be expressed in money terms such as meals and cost of living allowances.
Where the earnings vary from day to day, holiday pay should be the average daily earnings during every complete wage period, which could be between 28 and 31 days, preceding the holiday.
If an employee is required to work on a statutory holiday, he must be given an alternative day off within 60 days before or after that day.
Enquiries about statutory holidays may be made at the Labour Department's General Enquiry Telephone Service on tel 2717 1771.
End/Tuesday, March 28, 1995
No mail delivery on Ching Ming Festival
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The Postmaster General, Mr Mike Pagliari, announced today (Tuesday) that there would be no mail delivery on April 5 (Ching Ming Festival).
All post offices will be closed on that day.
End/Tuesday, March 28, 1995