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TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1986

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VALUE OF GOOD LABOUR RELATIONS STRESSED

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GOOD LABOUR RELATIONS AND EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT WERE ESSENTIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF CORPORATIONS IN GENERAL, AND THE CATERING INDUSTRY IN PARTICULAR.

THIS WAS SAID TODAY BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, AT THE OPENING OF A SYMPOSIUM ON LABOUR RELATIONS ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT FOR PEOPLE IN THE RESTAURANT AND CATERING INDUSTRY.

MODERN MANAGEMENT STYLES HAD BECOME MORE POPULAR AND WOULD HAVE

HE NEW IMPACTS ON TRADITIONAL PRACTICES PREVAILING IN THE TRADE, SAID.

THE SYMPOSIUM PROVIDED A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES IN THE INDUSTRY TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED, MR CHEUNG SAID.

+IT IS HOPED THAT UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONAL SPEAKERS, THEY WILL BENEFIT FROM THE SYMPOSIUM AND EVEN SOLVE SOME OF THE IR PROBLEMS, HE ADDED.

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE OPENING, MR TAM YIU-CHUNG, A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SAID THE HIGH TURNOVER RATE WAS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS FACING EMPLOYERS IN THE INDUSTRY.

TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM, HE SAID, EMPLOYERS SHOULD CONSIDER CHANGING AND IMPROVING SOME OF THE OLD PRACTICES, PARTICULARLY 1 RESPECT OF WELFARE FOR WORKERS.

THE SETTING UP OF PROVIDENT FUNDS WOULD BE A MEANS TO ENHANCE WORKERS' SENSE OF BELONGING, AND OTHER BENEFITS SUCH AS PAID LEAVE AND SICKNESS ALLOWANCE COULD BE INTRODUCED PROGRESSIVELY.

MORE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AND BETTER PROMOTION PROSPECTS WOULD ENABLE WORKERS TO UNDERSTAND BETTER THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE IR JOBS AND FUTURE, HE SAID.

MR TAM SAID MUTUAL RESPECT AND CO-OPERATION BETWEEN WORKERS AND MANAGEMENT WOULD ALSO BRING ABOUT BETTER BUSINESS AND A HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICE.

THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR RON BRIDGE, JOINED WITH MR CHEUNG AND MR TAM IN OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY.

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