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FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1981

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MODEL WORKER SCHEME IN TSUEN WAN

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TEN MODEL WORKERS IN TSUEN WAN WHO HAVE SHOWN INTEREST IN THE IR JOBS AND CONTRIBUTED TO LOCAL INDUSTRY WILL BE ABLE TO WEN VALUABLE PRIZES.

A MODEL WORKER AWARD SCHEME COMPETITION WILL COMMENCE NEXT WEEK WHEN FACTORY OPERATORS IN TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG, TSING YI AND MA WAN WILL BE ASKED TO NOMINATE CANDIDATES.

AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (FRIDAY), THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPETITION'S ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR LAM KIN-MING, SAID THE RESPONSE LAST YEAR, WHEN THE EVENT WAS FIRST HELD, WAS HIGHLY ENCOURAGING.+

THIS YEAR, WITH THE FULL SUPPORT OF LOCAL INDUSTRIALISTS, A SERIES OF EVENTS WILL BE HELD TO PROMOTE THE SCHEME.

ASIDE FROM THE AWARD SCHEME, THERE WILL ALSO BE A SLOGAN COMPETITION ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND A SONG ABOUT MODEL WORKERS PRODUCED BY RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG.

FOR THE AWARD SCHEME, EACH FACTORY WILL BE ABLE TO NOMINATE NOT MORE THAN TWO EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE WORKED THERE CONTINUOUSLY FOR FIVE YEARS, PARTICIPATED ACTIVELY IN FUNCTIONS ORGANISED BY THE FACTORY, CONTRIBUTED TOWARDS LOCAL INDUSTRY, AND WHO ALSO HAVE A SOUND KNOWLEDGE OF LABOUR LEGISLATION AND HAVE POTENTIAL.

NOMINATION FORMS FOR THE AWARD SCHEME AND ENTRY FORMS FOR THE SLOGAN COMPETITION WILL BE SENT TO FACTORIES NEXT WEEK. THEY WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT THE EIGHT PUBLIC ENQUIRIES SERVICE CENTRES IN TSUEN WAN DISTRICT.

ALL FORMS MUST BE RETURNED TO KWAI CHUNG TOWN MANAGEMENT OFFICE OR ONE OF THE EIGHT PES CENTRES BEFORE JULY 20.

NOMINEES FOR THE AWARD SCHEME WILL BE INVITED TO GIVE THEIR VIEWS ON LOCAL INDUSTRY AND LABOUR LAWS BEFORE A PANEL OF JUDGES.

THOSE SELECTED AS MODEL WORKERS WILL EACH RECEIVE A CASH

PRIZE OF $2 000 AND A GOLD MEDAL.

WINNERS FOR THE SLOGAN COMPETITION WILL RECEIVE PRIZES OF $2 000, $1 500 AND $1 000 AND THERE WILL BE FIVE CONSOLATION PRIZES OF $200.

RESULTS OF THE AWARD AND SLOGAN COMPETITION WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN LATE SEPTEMBER. A PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE ON OCTOBER 4 AT TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL.

THE SCHEME IS BEING JOINTLY ORGANISED BY TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE, RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG, THE FEDERATION OF INDUSTRIES

IN TSUEN WAN AND THE INDUSTRIAL SUB-COMMITTEE OF TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD.

AT PRESENT, THERE ARE MORE THAN 7 000 FACTORIES WITH ABOUT 188 000 WORKERS IN THE DISTRICT.

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