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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1986

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VALUE OF LABOUR RELATIONS WORK RECOGNISED

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THE CONCILIATION SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE LABOUR RELATIONS DIVISION OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT RECEIVE DUE RECOGNITION TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

AT A CEREMONY HELD AT THE DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS THIS MORNING, THE DIRECTOR OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY UNIONS COMMON OFFICE, MR POON TO-CHUEN, PRESENTED A SILVER PLATE TO AN ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR CHOW TUNG-SHAN, IN APPRECIATION OF THE EFFORTS THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT MADE IN SETTLING A NUMBER OF SERIOUS LABOUR DISPUTES IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS.

ALSO PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY WERE THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMON OFFICE, MR MA CHING-KO, OTHER UNION REPRESENTATIVES AND SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE LABOUR RELATIONS DIVISIONS.

MR CHOW POINTED OUT THAT THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY UNIONS COMMON OFFICE PLAYED A CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE IN RESOLVING THE DISPUTES WHICH INVOLVED ABOUT 2 000 WORKERS.

+THEIR EFFORTS IN EXPLAINING TO THE WORKERS THEIR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS AND IN SECURING A FAIR AND REASONABLE SETTLEMENT WERE MOST VALUABLE, HE ADDED.

BLOCK TO BLOCK CLEAN-UP UNDER WAY *****

A FULL SCALE CLEAN-UP OF STREETS AND CANOPIES IN KWUN TONG AND KOWLOON CITY IS UNDERWAY AND WILL SOON SPREAD TO OTHER URBAN DISTRICTS.

THE OPERATION, WHICH CONSTITUTES THE URBAN COUNCIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN'S BLOCK TO BLOCK CLEAN-UP PHASE, IS IMPLEMENTED BY THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT (USD) AND WILL LAST THROUGH OCTOBER.

TO FACILITATE THE BLITZ, EACH DISTRICT HAS BEEN DIVIDED INTO SECTORS AND USD CLEANSING TEAMS WILL SPEND AT LEAST A FULL WORKING DAY IN EACH.

KWUN TONG AND WESTERN DISTRICTS EACH HAS 25 SECTORS WHILE EASTERN DISTRICT ONLY HAS 14.

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT HOWEVER THAT THE NUMBER OF DAYS DEVOTED TO EACH DISTRICT WOULD DEPEND ON THE SIZE OF THE DISTRICT AND THE STATE OF CLEANLINESS.

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