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THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1985

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EXHIBITIONS ON LABOUR LAW ****

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD THREE EXHIBITIONS ON LABOUR LEGISLATION THIS MONTH AS PART OF ITS CONTINUING EFFORTS TO PROMOTE GOOD LABOUR RELATIONS BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES.

THE EXHIBITIONS, ORGANISED FOR THE SECOND YEAR BY THE DEPARTMENT'S LABOUR RELATIONS PROMOTION UNIT, WILL CONSIST MAINLY OF DISPLAYS OF PICTURES AND GRAPHICS EXPLAINING THE MAJOR PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE AND THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE, AS WELL AS SOME GENERAL CONCEPTS OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS.

EACH EXHIBITION WILL LAST FOR THREE DAYS AND THE FIRST ONE WILL START TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AT THE NEW WORLD CENTRE IN TSIM SHA TSUI.

THE SECOND EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD FROM JANUARY 18 TO 20 AT THE WO CHE COMMERCIAL COMPLEX IN SHA TIN AND THE THIRD, FROM JANUARY 25 TO 27 AT HENNESSY CENTRE IN CAUSEWAY BAY.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID SIMILAR EXHIBITIONS HELD LAST YEAR ATTRACTED THOUSANDS OF VISITORS AND HAD BEEN WELL- RECEIVED BY WORKERS, EMPLOYERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

HE EXPLAINED THAT MANY UNNECESSARY DISPUTES COULD BE AVOIDED IF BOTH EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES HAD A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF LABOUR LEGISLATION AND REALISED THEIR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS.

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT ATTACHED MUCH IMPORTANCE TO PROMOTING HARMONIOUS LABOUR RELATIONS.

TALKS AND SEMINARS ON LABOUR LEGISLATION AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS HAD BEEN ORGANISED EACH YEAR TO ACHIEVE THIS OBJECTIVE, HE SAID.

FIRST-TIME ENTRIES TO EXAM NEED APPROVAL

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SCHOOLS WISHING TO ENTER FORM-MIDDLE 5 CANDIDATES AND +ENGLISH ONLY+ CANDIDATES FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION REQUIRES APPROVAL FROM THE HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY.

FOR THE 1986 EXAMINATION, THEY MUST APPLY TO THE SECRETARY OF THE AUTHORITY FOR APPROVAL NOT LATER THAN FEBRUARY 1 THIS YEAR.

/THE SAME