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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1976

LABOUR RELATIONS PRACTICE CODE AVAILABLE

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THE CODE OF LABOUR RELATIONS PRACTICE TABLED AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL RECENTLY IS BEING DISTRIBUTED FREE OF CHARGE TO THE MAIN EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATIONS, MAJOR TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND ALL REGISTERED TRADE UNIONS BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

THE AIM OF THE CODE IS TO SET STANDARDS AND TO GIVE PRACTICAL GUIDANCE PARTICULARLY TO MANAGEMENT, ON THE CONDUCT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES TO IMPROVE HUMAN RELATIONS IN ALL PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT WHATEVER THEIR SIZE.

IT COVERS SUCH MATTERS AS THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE, METHODS OF COMMUNICATION AND CONSULTATION, GRIEVANCE AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES AND OTHER FUNCTIONS OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT INCLUDING EMPLOYMENT POLICIES, RECRUITMENT PROCEDURES, WORKING CONDITIONS, FRINGE BENEFITS AND THE HANDLING OF TRADE DISPUTES.

ITS CONTENTS ARE BASED NOT ONLY ON THE EXTENSIVE AND LONG EXPERIENCE OF THE LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICE BUT ALSO, WHERE APPLICABLE, ON PRACTICES IN DEVELOPED INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES.

PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE, THE CODE IS ALSO AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE AT ALL OFFICES OF THE LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICE AND THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT THE STAR FERRY CONCOURSE, HONG KONG.

RETIREMENT GIFT FOR FIRE OFFICER

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THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER OF THE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU, MR. ALAN JONES, TODAY PRESENTED ASSISTANT DIVISIONAL OFFICER LEUNG TAK-YAN WITH A WATCH ON BEHALF OF HIS COLLEAGUES TO MARK HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE DEPARTMENT AFTER 28 YEARS OF SERVICE.

MR. LEUNG FIRST JOINED THE FIRE SERVICES AS A CONTROL ROOM STAFF IN DECEMBER 1948. HE WAS ADVANCED TO SUB-OFFICER IN 1958 AND TO STATION OFFICER SIX YEARS LATER.

IN 1969 HE WAS PROMOTED TO HIS SUBSTANTIVE RANK OF ASSISTANT DIVISIONAL OFFICER AND HAD ACTED AS DIVISIONAL OFFICER ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS. HE WAS AWARDED A COLONIAL FIRE BRIGADE LONG SERVICE MEDAL IN 1967, THE COLONIAL POLICE MEDAL (FIRE) IN 1974 AND A FIRST CLASP TO THE LONG SERVICE MEDAL EARLY THIS YEAR.

DURING HIS 28 YEARS' SERVICE, MR. LEUNG HAD SERVED MOSTLY IN THE OPERATIONAL COMMAND IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES, AND IN THE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU FOR THREE YEARS UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT.

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