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FRIDAY, JULY 13,1984

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WORKERS ASKED TO NAME BOARD CANDIDATES

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LL REGISTERED EMPLOYEES' UNIONS ARE BEING INVITED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TO NOMINATE CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION AS EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES TO THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD.

ELECTED CANDIDATES WILL BE APPOINTED TO THE BOARD FOR THE

TWO YEARS OF 1985 AND 1986, A LABOUR DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.

THE BOARD IS A NON-STATUTORY BODY WHICH ADVISES THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR ON LABOUR MATTERS, INCLUDING LEGISLATION AND THE APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONVENTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. IT COMPRISES SIX EMPLOYERS' REPRESENTATIVES AND SIX EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES, WITH THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR AS CHAIRMAN.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT STARTING FROM 1985, THE NUMBER OF ELECTED EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE INCREASED FROM THREE TO FOUR, WHILE THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES TO BE DIRECTLY APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR WILL BE REDUCED FROM THREE TO TWO.

HOWEVER. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES WILL REMAIN AT SIX.

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ALSO FROM JANUARY 1 1985, ALL MEMBERS OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD WILL BE APPOINTED FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS INSTEAD OF ONE YEAR.

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT IF MORE THAN FOUR CANDIDATES ARE NOMINATED. AN ELECTION WILL TAKE PLACE BY SECRET BALLOT IN LATE AUGUST OR EARLY SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR,

'JING YING' TO TOUR U.K.

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DETAILS OF THE 1984 HONG KONG JING YING'S OVERSEAS TOUR TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE 1984 HONG KONG YOUTH MUSIC CAMP WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO BE HELD AT 2 PM ON TUESDAY (JULY 17) IN THE GIS THEATRE, FIFTH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, CENTRAL.

PRESENT WILL BE THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR CLIVE OXLEY: THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, MR DICKEN YUNG THE MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR, MRS DORIS HO AND THE CHAIRMAN OF PO LEUNG KUK, MRS CECILIA LEE.

MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG JING YING WILL ALSO BE PRESENT IN THE IR UNIFORMS AND WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS.

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