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Monday, June 11, 1973
DISPUTE AT HONG KONG AIRPORT SETTLED
A dispute involving the Express Transport and Building Contractors
Ltd, and 23 of its workers engaged on the Hong Kong Airport construction site
has been amicably settled.
The dispute began on May 29 when the dismissed workers refused to
surrender their airport entry permits and returned to the work site to
demand severance pay.
Officers of the Labour Relations Service of the Labour Department
visited the site twice and subsequently managed to bring the parties concerned
to the conference table.
Under the agreement reached on June 8, the workers received a sum
of about $17,000 from the management.
Commenting on the settlement, Mr. Sin Kwok-hung, Labour Officer
in charge of the Labour Relations Service (Kowloon East) said: "The willingness
of both parties to accept our conciliation service and their readiness to
compromise have helped to bring about an early settlement".
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