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Performance pledge targets met with good results
The Lands Department had met its performance targets introduced in November last year successfully, the Director of Lands, Mr Bob Pope, said today (Friday).
Speaking at the department's prize presentation ceremony for sports and staff motivation competitions, Mr Pope said 1995 was a challenging and fruitful year for the department.
"The various sports and staff motivation competitions were organised to encourage staff's involvement in the department's Vision and Mission Statement and to instil a greater sense of belonging," he said.
Mr Pope later presented prizes to winners of the badminton competition, table- tennis competition, best results in processing building plans competition, best work aids design competition, best achievement in performance pledges competition and best customer service slogan competition.
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Employment agencies must be licensed
The Employment Agencies Administration of the Labour Department had conducted investigation into recent reports of tuition centres charging students a registration fee of $20 to $30 for introducing them to work as private tutors.
Tuition centres would be regarded as employment agencies if their work involves arranging job-seekers to be employed by the students' parents, or in recruiting tutors for the parents. They should therefore apply for an employment agency licence and must comply with Part XII of Employment Ordinance.
"Operators have to apply for employment agency licence from the Labour Department at least one month before starting the recruitment business. Employment agencies with branch office are also required to apply for a duplicate licence for each branch office. The licence fee is $1,400 for a main office and $280 for a branch office," Labour Officer (Employment Agencies Administration), Miss Corrina Cheng, said today (Friday).