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MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1982

TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT

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A FURTHER 51 HECTARES OF LAND WILL BE FORMED IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN AS PART OF THE CONTINUING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME THERE.

THE TUEN MUN NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT.

ABOUT 48.6 HECTARES OF THE LAND TO BE FORMED WILL BE IN THE NORTH-WESTERN PART OF TUEN MUN, FOR A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE TO PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR ABOUT 68 000 PEOPLE AND FOR GOVERNMENT, INSTITUTION, COMMUNITY AND PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL USES.

THE REMAINING 2.5 HECTARES WILL BE FORMED IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE TOWN, TO BE USED AS A VILLAGE RESITE AREA.

CONSTRUCTION OF MAIN DRAINAGE CULVERTS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT WORK.

WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN AUGUST AND TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE.

TRAINING COURSES ON LABOUR LAWS

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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL CONDUCT TWO TRAINING COURSES ON THE PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE FOR EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYEES, TRADE UNION OFFICIALS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONS.

ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICE (LRS), THE COURSES ARE AIMED AT ENABLING THE PARTICIPANTS TO GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROVISIONS AND TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON THE PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS.

MR CHAN WING-KIT, SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER OF THE LRS, SAID TODAY (MONDAY) THAT RESPONSE FROM TRADE UNIONS, EMPLOYER'S ASSOCIATIONS AND COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS WAS OVERWHELMING, AND ABOUT 900 APPLICATIONS HAD BEEN RECEIVED.

AS THE COURSES CAN ACCOMMODATE ONLY 160 APPLICANTS, SEVEN MORE SIMILAR COURSES WILL BE CONDUCTED LATER IN THE YEAR.

THE COURSES, CONSISTING OF TWO EVENING SESSIONS EACH, WILL COVER SUCH MATTERS AS EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS, PAYMENT OF AND DEDUCTION FROM WAGES, TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT, SEVERANCE PAYMENT, REST DAYS, STATUTORY HOLIDAYS, ANNUAL LEAVE, SICK LEAVE AND MATERNITY LEAVE.

THE FIRST COURSE WILL BEGIN AT QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM AT 5.30 PM ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY (JUNE 16 AND 17), AND LECTURES WILL BE GIVEN BY OFFICERS FROM THE LRS'S LABOUR RELATIONS PROMOTION UNIT. THE SECOND COURSE WILL TAKE PLACE ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY (JUNE 22 AND 24) AT THE SAME TIME AND PLACE.

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