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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1986

A DEMOLITION ORDER WAS MADE ON THE STRUCTURE 20 MONTHS AGO, BUT THIS HAS BEEN IGNORED.

IT IS LIKELY THAT DEMOLITION WILL TAKE PLACE AS SOON AS THE COURT ORDER IS ISSUED.

APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES SOUGHT

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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS ISSUED LETTERS TO REGISTERED EMPLOYEES' TRADE UNIONS INVITING THEM TO NOMINATE CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION AS EMPLOYEES REPRESENTATIVES TO THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD.

ONCE ELECTED, CANDIDATES WILL BE APPOINTED TO THE BOARD FOR TWO YEARS FROM 1987.

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID EACH REGISTERED EMPLOYEES' TRADE UNION MAY NOMINATE NOT MORE THAN FOUR CANDIDATES WHO MUST BE FULLY PAID-UP MEMBERS OF REGISTERED EMPLOYEES' TRADE UNIONS.

+NOMINATIONS IN A SPECIFIED FORM SHOULD REACH THE DEPARTMENT ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 16, 1986, + HE SAID.

+SHOULD THERE BE MORE THAN FOUR CANDIDATES NOMINATED BY THE UNIONS, AN ELECTION BY SECRET BALLOT WOULD TAKE PLACE IN LATE OCTOBER THIS YEAR, HE ADDED.

THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD IS A NON-STATUTORY BODY WHICH ADVISES THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR ON ALL LABOUR MATTERS INCLUDING LEGISLATION AND THE APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONVENTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

IT COMPRISES SIX EMPLOYERS' REPRESENTATIVES AND SIX EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES, WITH THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR AS EX-OFFICIO CHAIRMAN,

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