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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1976
APPRENTICESHIP REGULATIONS ADOPTED
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THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) APPROVED REGULATIONS MADE BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR TO ENSURE THE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE 1976.
IN MOVING THE MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE APPRENTICE- SHIP REGULATIONS 1976, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. IAN PRICE, SAID THEY PROVIDED FOR MATTERS WHICH NEEDED TO BE PRESCRIBED TO ACHIEVE THE PURPOSES OF THE ORDINANCE.
HE SAID: IN RESPECT OF APPRENTICESHIP CONTRACTS, THEY PROVIDE FOR THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS WHICH MUST BE SET OUT
IN THE CONTRACTS.+
INCLUDED IN THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS MUST BE DETAILS OF APPRENTICESHIP AND PROBATION PERIODS WAGES- SICK ALLOWANCE, SICK LEAVE AND PAID HOLIDAY ENTITLEMENT AND THE GROUNDS FOR SUSPENSION OF APPRENTICESHIP OR TERMINATION OF A CONTRACT OF APPRENTICESHIP.
THE REGULATIONS PROVIDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, MAXIMUM HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT INCLUDING OVERTIME, THE KEEPING OF A REGISTER OF APPRENTICESHIP CONTRACTS BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR AND THE KEEPING OF RECORDS BY EMPLOYERS IN RESPECT OF THEIR APPRENTICES.
MR. PRICE SAID THAT THE REGULATIONS HAD THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL AND ITS COMMITTEE ON APPRENTICESHIP.
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT, DR. THE HON. S.Y. CHUNG DESCRIBED THE APPRENTICESHIP REGULATIONS AS +GENERALLY SPEAKING, REASONABLE AND FAIR.+
HE DREW ATTENTION HOWEVER TO TWO + IMPORTANT BUT NOT NECESSARILY URGENT+ POINTS.
THE FIRST CONCERNS THE SEX OF APPRENTICES. HE BELIEVED THE REGULATIONS WERE DRAFTED ON-THE ASSUMPTION THAT ALL APPRENTICES WERE MALE.
DR. CHUNG'S SECOND POINT RELATES TO A REGULATION STIPULATING THAT THE PERIOD OF APPRENTICESHIP IN A DESIGNATED TRADE SHOULD NOT BE LESS THAN THREE YEARS.
HE NOTED THAT MANY TRADES DID NOT NEED A MINIMUM PERIOD OF THREE YEARS FOR TRAINING, AND ALTHOUGH THERE WAS PROVISION IN THE REGULATIONS FOR THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR TO REDUCE THE PERIOD OF APPRENTICESHIP IN ANY CASE OR CLASS OF CASES,
E DOUBTED WHETHER IT WAS FOR THE PURPOSE HE MENTIONED.
/HE DID
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