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Friday, January 12, 1973
To qualify for the two paid holidays for the Lunar New Year,
which are in addition to the compulsory four rest days a month under the Employment
Ordinance, a worker must have worked at least 180 days during a period of
12 months, and at least 20 days in the 28 days preceding February 3.
MORE STAFF TO HANDLE RE-ENTRY PERMIT APPLICATIONS
For Lunar New Year Period
The Immigration Department has increased its staff to cope with
the expected large number of people applying for re-entry permits for
the Lunar New Year period.
Announcing this today, the Director of Immigration, Mr. W.E. Collard,
said many local residents usually spent the Lunar New Year in Macau or
China with their relatives
More than 350,000 people went to these two places last year and
he predicted that the figure for this year would likely be higher.
In order to cope with the anticipated increase, more staff has
been put at the various branch offices.
Mr. Collard said the present strength would be adequate. However,
he would keep the situation under close watch and might extend the working
hours if necessary.
He added that he had already instructed his staff to process
all applications everyday before they could go off.
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