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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1987

STAGGERED RELEASE OF STAFF SUGGESTED WITH THE APPROACH OF TYPHOON

WITH THE APPROACH OF TYPHOON GERALD, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) REMINDED EMPLOYERS OF THE THEIR STAFF IN PHASES IF AND WHEN THE NO. 8

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN IMPORTANCE OF RELEASING SIGNAL WAS RAISED.

CO-OPERATION OF EMPOYERS LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE

HE POINTED OUT THAT ONLY WITH THE

THE COULD THE TRANSPORT PROBLEMS CAUSED BY RETURNING HOME ALMOST AT THE SAME TIME BE REDUCED.

THEIR

HE SAID GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WOULD BE RELEASING IN PHASES WHEN THE HOISTING OF A NO. 8 SIGNAL WAS IMMINENT. THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO TAKE SIMILAR STEPS WITH THEIR STAFF.

STAFF HE URGED

THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT WHEN THE DIRECTOR OF ROYAL OBSERVATORY WAS REASONABLY CERTAIN THAT A NO. 8 SIGNAL WOULD BE

HOURS, THE HOISTED WITHIN THE NEXT TWO

GOVERNMENT WOULD ISSUE AN THEIR ANNOUNCEMENT ADVISING DEPARTMENT HEADS AND EMPLOYERS TO RELEASE STAFF IN STAGES.

THIS SHOULD START WITH STAFF WHO HAD TO CATCH AN OUTLYING FERRY SERVICES WOULD FERRY, FOLLOWING A BROADCAST ANNOUNCEMENT THAT SOON BE SUSPENDED.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE SECOND GROUP TO BE RELEASED SHOULD BE THOSE WHO HAVE TO MAKE A LONG AND DIFFICULT JOURNEY HOME.

HE SAID THAT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT ΤΟ DEFINE A LONG AND LIVE DIFFICULT JOURNEY, BUT NOTED THAT PEOPLE WHO WORK IN CENTRAL AND

BE INCLUDED IN THIS THE NEW TERRITORIES, OR VICE VERSA, SHOULD CATEGORY.

IN

WHEN THE NO. 8 SIGNAL WAS HOISTED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID

EMPLOYERS SHOULD RELEASE THOSE WHO HAD TO TAKE MORE THAN ONE PUBLIC TRANSPORT TO GO HOME.

TRIP OF

"THEY SHOULD ALSO RELEASE AT THIS TIME PEOPLE WHO HAVE STRONG TO OR PRESSING PERSONAL REASONS TO RETURN HOME, E.G. MOTHERS WHO HAVE LOOK AFTER THEIR CHILDREN.'

"THE LAST GROUP OF PEOPLE TO BE RELEASED SHOULD BE THOSE WHO LIVE NEAR TO THEIR PLACE OF WORK, HE ADDED.

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BETWEEN

THREE

SIX

THE SPOKESMAN ASSURED COMMUTERS THAT MAJOR TRANSPORT OPERATORS

то WOULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES HOURS AFTER THE NO. 8 SIGNAL HAD BEEN HOISTED.

HE SAID THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF STAFF TO BE RELEASED IN PHASES WERE ONLY GENERAL GUIDELINES HEADS AND EMPLOYERS WOULD HAVE ACCORDING TO CIRCUMSTANCES.

AND

THAT GOVERNMENT TO DECIDE ON THEIR

OWN

DEPARTMENT PRIORITIES

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