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Monday, May 15, 1972

"In addition, there should be procedural rules to cover such matters

as grievances."

Mr. Tsui said, "The organisation of workers' education and trade

union leadership is not the prerogative of any one institution or group

of institutions.

*The universities and post-secondary colleges can offer courses and

run seminar like this one. The Labour Department can explain the provisions

of the law through talks and the publication of guides and the trade unions

themselves can run their own classes. #

He emphasized that negotiation and bargaining processes required

skills which could only be acquired through experience and developed by

means of practice.

A Labour Department spokesman said that 24 guides to legislation

and other pamphlets on labour matters had been published by the department

and 38,000 were distributed last year.

In addition, 570 talks and lectures were given by officers of the

department in 1971. Subject matters covered by these talks included

industrial safety, labour relations, industrial health, labour statistics,

industrial training, employment services, employment of women and young

persons in industry, workmen's compensation and others.

More than 190 radio talks and television interviews had also been

given by officers of the department, he added.

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