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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1986

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GOOD LABOUR RELATIONS ESSENTIAL IN DISTRICT GROWTH

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THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING HARMONIOUS LABOUR RELATIONSHIP WAS BECOMING MORE PROMINENT WITH RAPID INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN NORTH DISTRICT, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR MATTHEW CHEUNG, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF A SEMINAR ON LABOUR RELATIONS, MR CHEUNG SAID INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE DISTRICT WOULD BE IN FULL SWING WITH ITS ABUNDANT SUPPLY OF LABOUR FORCE AND OTHER FAVOURABLE FACTORS SUCH AS A GOOD TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

ON ITS COMMERCIAL VIABILITY, MR CHEUNG SAID THAT A SITE LOCATED CLOSE TO THE FANLING RAILWAY STATION AND FOR PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT HAD BEEN SOLD.

SUCH DEVELOPMENT, PROVIDING 2 500 RESIDENTIAL FLATS AND 27 500 SQUARE METRES FOR SHOPS, PARKING SPACES, RECREATIONAL AREAS AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES, WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE DISTRICT, HE SAID.

+ALL THESE ARE BOUND TO CREATE MORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES LOCALLY AND THEREFORE THE NEED FOR GOOD LABOUR RELATIONS WOULD ALSO BE APPARENT, HE SAID.

QUOTING A RECENT SURVEY ON LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SITUATION, MR CHEUNG SAID THAT DISSATISFACTION HAD BEEN EXPRESSED TOWARDS LABOUR WELFARE AND PROMOTION PROSPECT AMONG WORKERS INTERVIEWED.

+THIS REFLECTS THE NEED FOR BETTER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE WHICH CAN BE ACHIEVED THROUGH MUTUAL UNDERSTAND ING, HE SAID.

TODAY'S SEMINAR, WITH ITS EMPHASIS ON IMPROVING LABOUR RELATIONS THROUGH A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE, WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO BOTH EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE, MR CHEUNG SAID, ADDING THAT MORE SEMINARS AND ACTIVITIES OF SIMILAR NATURE WOULD BE ORGANISED IN THE FUTURE.

AWARDS FOR GIVING JOBS TO DISABLED

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TEN EMPLOYERS WHO HAVE TAKEN ON THE LARGEST NUMBER OF DISABLED PERSONS THROUGH THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S SELECTIVE PLACEMENT SERVICE DURING THE 12-MONTH PERIOD ENDED JUNE THIS YEAR WILL BE PRESENTED WITH SOUVENIR PLAQUES ON FRIDAY (OCTOBER 3).

THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR TONY HAMMOND, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE PRESENTATION WHICH IS BEING HELD IN RECOGNITION OF THE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION THE EMPLOYERS HAVE MADE TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY.

/ALTOGETHER, THEY