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Monday, September 3, 1973
NEW LABOUR COMMISSIONER STARTS WORK
Hong Kong's new Commissioner of Labour, Mr. I.R. Price, marked
his first full-day in office today by visiting a Tokwawan knitwear factory
to discuss with management and workers the importance of good labour relations.
accompanied by the head of the Labour Relations Service,
Mr. Price
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Mr. T.F. Taui, and the Labour Department's Principal Information Officer,
Mr. Barry Walsh - spent more than an hour at the factory, Wintex Knitwear
Co. Ltd. in Tokwawan Road.
He chatted with workers, asking them if they felt they had easy
access to management to discuss their grievances, He also spoke with the
factory's director, Mr. James Cheng Hok-lai, about setting up joint
consultation machinery in the firm.
"There is no doubt that good labour relations make for good
management and good business," said Mr. Price.
"Everyone appreciates that
severe industrial trouble such as strikes and go-alows coste management
money. But even general discontent among workers can affect production
and that hits the management in the pocket.
"Industrial trouble hurts workers too, of course. Being out of
work means being out of pocket. On the other hand, an efficient and
happily operating company means good, secure jobs for workers.
"So good relations between management and workers benefit both -
and benefit Hong Kong as a whole," he said.
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/Mr. Price .****
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