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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1986

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LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAY REMINDER

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EMPLOYERS WERE REMINDED TODAY THAT THE DAY PRECEDING LUNAR NEW FEBRUARY YEAR'S DAY AND THE SECOND AND THIRD DAYS OF THE NEW YEAR 8, 10 AND 11 - ARE STATUTORY HOLIDAYS.

HE CHIEF LABOUR OFFICER IN CHARGE OF LABOUR RELATIONS, MR CHOW TUNG-SHAN, EXPLAINED THAT SINCE LUNAR NEW YEAR'S DAY FALLS ON A SUNDAY THIS YEAR, THE DAY BEFORE HAS BEEN MADE A STATUTORY HOLIDAY.

ALL MANUAL EMPLOYEES, AND THOSE NON-MANUAL EMPLOYEES EARNING THEY NOT MORE THAN $9 500 A MONTH, ARE ENTITLED TO THE HOLIDAYS. MUST BE PAID FOR THE DAYS-OFF IF THEY HAVE WORKED CONTINUOUSLY FOR THREE MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE STATUTORY HOLIDAYS.

HOLIDAY PAY, HOWEVER, SHALL NOT BE MADE IN LIEU OF THE GRANT OF A HOLIDAY.

+ IF AN EMPLOYEE IS REQUIRED TO WORK ON A STATUTORY HOLIDAY, HE MUST BE GIVEN AN ALTERNATIVE DAY-OFF WITHIN 60 DAYS BEFORE OR AFTER THAT DAY, HE SAID.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT STATUTORY HOLIDAYS MAY BE MADE TO THE NEAREST BRANCH OFFICE OF THE LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICE.

WATER STORAGE FIGURES ****

STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (FEBRUARY 3, 1986) STOOD AT 62.6 PER CENT OF CAPACITY, OR 366.896 MILLION CUBIC METRES.

THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 404.266 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 69 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.

URBAN COUNCIL'S CITY-WIDE CLEAN-UP GOES ON

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THE URBAN COUNCIL'S YEAR-END CLEAN-UP OF ALL 11 URBAN DISTRICTS BEFORE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAY CONTINUED TODAY WITH A BIG SWEEP LAUNCHED IN YAU MA TEI BY DR DENNY HUANG, CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN COUNCIL ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE COMMITTEE.

JOINED BY UC MEMBER DR PHILIP KWOK, LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND OTHER VOLUNTEERS, DR HUANG HELPED TO CLEAR A REFUSE COLLECTION POINT OF DISCARDED JUNK,

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