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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1979

PWD CONTRACTS WORTH $65 MILLION AWARDED LAST MONTH

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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AWARDED A TOTAL OF 27 CONTRACTS WORTH MORE THAN $65.5 MILLION LAST MONTH.

OF THESE, 16 WERE AWARDED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CENTRAL TENDER BOARD AND THE OTHERS ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PWD TENDER BOARD.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONTRACTS WAS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF YUEN LONG NEW TOWN, THE CONTRACT, WORTH $13.2 MILLION, IS FOR

ER IDGEWORK TO PROVIDE ANOTHER ACCESS INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NEW TOWN.

REST DAYS FOR WORKERS

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EMPLOYERS ARE REMINDED TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE ALL MANUAL WORKERS AND-NON-MANUAL WORKERS

EARNING NOT MORE THAN $3 500 A MONTH, ARE ENTITLED TO A REST DAY FOR EVERY PERIOD OF SEVEN DAYS OF WORK.

THE REMINDER WAS ISSUED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT FOLLOWING A RECENT COURT CASE IN WHICH A KWAI CHUNG RESTAURANT OWNER WAS FINED A TOTAL OF $750 FOR FAILING TO GRANT FIVE REST DAYS TO HIS EMPLOYEE.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE EMPLOYER MUST APPOINT THE REST DAYS OF HIS EMPLOYEES BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF EACH MONTH AND INFORM THEM OF THE ARRANGEMENT.

+ IF THESE ARE ON A REGULAR BASIS, IT IS SUFFICIENT FOR THE THE EMPLOYER TO INFORM HIS EMPLOYEES OF THIS ARRANGEMENT. OTHERWISE, BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF EACH MONTH, THE EMPLOYER MUST INFORM ALL HIS EMPLOYEES OF THE APPOINTED REST DAYS DURING THE MONTH. HE MAY DO THIS ORALLY OR IN WRITING OR BY DISPLAYING A ROSTER SHOWING THE DATES OF THE APPOINTED REST DAYS FOR EACH EMPLOYEE,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

HE SAID AN EMPLOYER MAY SUBSTITUTE SOME OTHER REST DAY WITH THE CONSENT OF THE EMPLOYEE, IN WHICH CASE IT MUST BE WITHIN THE SAME MONTH AND BEFORE THE ORIGINAL REST DAY OR WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER

IT.

+ IN THE EVENT OF A BREAKDOWN OF MACHINERY OR PLANT OR IN ANY OTHER UNFORESEEN EMERGENCY, THE EMPLOYER MAY REQUIRE THE EMPLOYEE TO WORK ON THE ORIGINAL REST DAY BUT HE MUST, WITHIN 48 HOURS, NOTIFY THE EMPLOYEE OF THE DATE OF THE SUBSTITUTED REST DAY WHICH MUST BE GIVEN WITHIN 30 DAYS FOLLOWING THE ORIGINAL ONE, HE POINTED OUT.

/+AN EMPLOYEE