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TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1986

MR CHEN NOTED THAT THE LONG SERVICE PAYMENT SCHEME WHICH CAME INTO OPERATION IN JANUARY THIS YEAR, HAD HELPED SOLVE SOME PROBLEMS ARISING OUT OF SEVERANCE PAYMENT AND THE SO-CALLED +UNFAIR DISMISSAL+ BY EMPLOYERS.

ALL IN ALL, HE ADDED, THE SCHEME PROVIDED OLD AGE WORKERS WITH ADDED PROTECTION SINCE IT IS MORE DIFFICULT FOR THEM THAN THE IR YOUNGER COUNTERPARTS TO SECURE ANOTHER JOB AFTER BEING DISMISSED.+

MR CHEN ALSO SPOKE OF GOOD LABOUR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONSHIP, HE POINTED OUT THAT ONE WAY OF GOING ABOUT THIS WAS FOR EMPLOYERS TO SET UP THEIR OWN COMPANY PROVIDENT FUND SCHEMES.

WINNING ENTRIES ON DISPLAY

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A COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS PROJECTS EXHIBITION, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE CHINESE GOLD AND SILVER EXCHANGE SOCIETY AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, WILL BE HELD FROM THURSDAY (JULY 3) TO WEDNESDAY (JULY 9).

SCHOOL CHILDREN AND TEACHERS ARE WELCOME TO VISIT THE EXHIBITION AT THE CULTURAL CRAFT CENTRE AT PAK FUK ROAD, NORTH POINT, BETWEEN 9 AM AND 4.30 PM ON WEEKDAYS AND FROM 9 AM TO 11.45 AM ON SATURDAY.

ON DISPLAY WILL BE WINNING AND OTHER COMMENDABLE ENTRIES IN THE COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS PROJECT COMPETITION HELD EARLY THIS YEAR.

THE THEME OF THE COMPETITION WAS +COMMERCE AND CIVIC EDUCATION+ WHICH WAS AIMED AT AROUSING THE INTEREST OF SECONDARY STUDENTS IN BUSINESS.

EARLIER THIS MONTH, 440 STUDENTS OF 55 SECONDARY SCHOOLS WERE AWARDED PRIZES AND CERTIFICATES OF MERITS FOR THEIR GOOD WORK.

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