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TUESDAY, JULY 26, 1977

LABOUR DEPARTMENT IN STEP WITH NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT

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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IS IMPROVING ITS SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC BY SETTING UP BRANCH OFFICES IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, IN KOWLOON AND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

THIS WAS STATED TODAY BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. PETER WILLIAMS, AT THE OPENING OF THE DEPARTMENT'S NEW BRANCH OFFICE IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN.

THE OFFICE, AT TAK CHING COURT, TUEN MUN, WAS JOINTLY OPENED BY THREE LOCAL LEADERS, MR. LEUNG KUEN, ACTING CHAIRMAN OF THE TUEN MUN RURAL COMMITTEE, MR. LAU CHI-YUEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE TUEN MUN MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION AND MR. LAU NAM-ON, CHAIRMAN OF THE TUEN MUN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

THE NEW OFFICE WILL REPLACE THE LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICE OFFICE LOCATED AT ROOM 109 ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT BRANCH OFFICE.

MR. WILLIAMS SAID TUEN MUN WAS THE 15TH BRANCH OFFICE AND HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED TO KEEP PACE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN.

THE OFFICE INCLUDES THREE UNITS OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT THE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE, THE LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICE AND THE INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS UNIT.

MR. WILLIAMS, SPEAKING IN CHINESE, SAID +ALTHOUGH THESE SERVICES ARE DIFFERENT IN NATURE, THEY ALL PROVIDE IMPORTANT SERVICES IN A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING INDUSTRIAL TOWN.+

THE COMMISSIONER BRIEFLY DESCRIBED THE WORK OF THE THREE UNITS. THE FIRST, HE SAID, WAS TO HELP FACTORIES AND SHOPS IN THE AREA TO FIND SUITABLE EMPLOYEES AND JOB-SEEKERS IN OBTAINING SUITABLE EMPLOYMENT. THE SECOND WAS TO PROMOTE GOOD EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP AND TO CONCILIATE LABOUR DISPUTES. AND THE THIRD TO ASSIST INDUSTRIALISTS TO IMPROVE THEIR WORKING ENVIRONMENT, AND SAFEGUARD THE HEALTH AND SAFETY AS WELL AS THE WELFARE OF WORKERS, HE SAID.

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