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The recruitment campaign running from December 16 to December 31, is jointly organised by the Airport Authority, the Mass Transit Railway Corporation and the Government.
The purpose of the campaign is to enable contractors concerned to make an extensive trawl of the market for suitable local workers for those job vacancies which have to be filled within the next three months in order to meet the tight works schedule of the projects.
On the basis of the results of this recruitment campaign, the Government will give expeditious approval of applications for imported workers to fill any particular shortfall of labour established through the two-week recruitment exercise during this campaign.
Both the Local Employment Service and the SPT for the Airport Core Programme of the Labour Department have stepped up their efforts in helping local construction workers to fill vacancies in the new airport and related projects. Also, vacancy information has been sent to over 20 relevant trade unions, encouraging their members to apply for the jobs.
Interested workers can also call the "job hotline" 2492 2001 for more information of the vacancies.
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Clinic service on New Year holiday
The Department of Health announced today (Saturday) that eight general out- patient clinics would be open from 9 am to 1 pm on January 1 (Wednesday), which is a public holiday.
The eight clinics are Violet Peel Health Centre and Shau Kei Wan Jockey Club Clinic on Hong Kong Island; Kwun Tong Jockey Club Health Centre, Robert Black Health Centre, and Yau Ma Tei Jockey Club Clinic in Kowloon; and Lady Trench Polyclinic, Shek Wu Hui Jockey Club Clinic and Yuen Long Jockey Club Health Centre in the New Territories.