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SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 1986
+WHERE THE EARNINGS VARY FROM DAY TO DAY, HOLIDAY PAY SHOULD BE THE AVERAGE DAILY EARNINGS DURING EVERY COMPLETE WAGE PERIOD, WHICH COULD BE BETWEEN 28 DAYS TO 31 DAYS, PRECEDING THE HOLIDAY, + THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+ 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.+
ENQUIRIES ABOUT STATUTORY HOLIDAYS MAY BE MADE TO THE NEAREST BRANCH OFFICE OF THE LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICE.
COLOURFUL SEA PARADE LAUNCHES SAFETY DAY
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A COLOURFUL SEA-PARADE COMPRISING DRAGON BOATS, SAILING AND SPEED BOATS, CANOES, LAUNCHES, CRUISERS AND ABOUT 20 WINDSURFERS ATTRACTED A LARGE CROWD TO THE TSIM SHA TSUI PROMENADE THIS (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON.
THE PARADE WAS THE PRELUDE TO THE 1986 WATER SPORTS SAFETY DAY LAUNCHED ON THE WATERFRONT BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT, MR F.K. HU.
ALSO TAKING PART IN THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON SAFETY IN OUTDOOR PURSUITS, DR S.F. LAM, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING PARTY ON THE 1986 WATER SPORTS SAFETY CAMPAIGN, MR J.A. FORTUNE, AND SECRETARY FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES, MR G. BARNES.
OTHER ATTRACTIONS OF THE DAY INCLUDED AN AIR-SEA RESCUE DEMONSTRATION BY RHKAAF HELICOPTERS AND MARINE POLICE LAUNCHES, DEMONSTRATIONS OF CANOEING, WINDSURFING, DIVING, WATER SKIING, AND STATIC DISPLAYS ON LAND BY 15 WATER SPORTS ORGANISATIONS.
MR HU WARNED THOSE TAKING PART IN WATER SPORTS NOT TO OVERLOOK THE ELEMENT OF RISK, BUT HE ASKED THE PUBLIC NOT TO SHY AWAY FROM TAKING PART AS THERE WERE EXCELLENT FACILITIES IN HONG KONG FOR A WIDE RANGE OF WATER SPORTS.
+ INSTEAD WE SHOULD ADOPT A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND TRY TO ELIMINATE THE RISK WHILE TAKING PART,+ HE SAID.
MR HU ALSO APPEALED TO THOSE PRESENT TO BRING HOME THE +PLAY SAFE+ MESSAGE AND HELP SPREAD IT AMONG FRIENDS AND RELATIVES.
/IN HIS
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