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The Scheme is an educational and publicity programme organised by the Agriculture and Fisheries Department (AFD) to enhance public awareness of keeping country parks clean and green.
Apart from the gift design competition, other activities organised between last December and April included the cleaning of country parks, guided tours and quizzes.
Also present at today's presentation ceremony was AFD assistant director, Mr Frank Lau.
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Floating holiday reminder
The Labour Department today (Saturday) reminded employers that the second floating holiday of this year falls on August 26, the last Monday of the month.
Under the Employment Ordinance, all employees should be granted their second floating holiday on this date if the employer has not fixed a date for it or if he has not requested it to be added to his paid annual leave.
In addition, an employee is entitled to be paid for that holiday if he has worked for his employer continuously for three months or longer before the holiday.
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 can be made at the Labour Department's General Enquiry Telephone Service on 2717 1771.
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