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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1987

LABOUR DISPUTE SETTLED

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THROUGH THE CONCILIATION EFFORTS OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, DISPUTE INVOLVING SOME 150 WORKERS AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE IN CHAI WAN HAS NOW BEEN SETTLED.

AT THE DEPARTMENT'S BRANCH OFFICE AT NEW RODNEY BLOCK IN QUEENSWAY, THE WORKERS RECEIVED ABOUT $1 MILLION AS ARREARS OF WAGES FROM THE PRINCIPAL CONTRACTOR TODAY (FRIDAY). IN ADDITION, BACH WORKER WAS GIVEN $500 AS EX-GRATIA PAYMENT.

MEANWHILE, THE WORKERS ARE APPLYING TO THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S WAGE SECURITY UNIT FOR SEVEN DAYS' WAGES IN LIEU OF NOTICE.

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE SETTLEMENT WAS REACHED FOLLOWING THREE DAYS OF CONCILIATION EFFORTS BY OFFICERS LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICE.

"THE TRADE UNIONS HAVE ASSISTING THE WORKERS AND IN SETTLEMENT, HE ADDED.

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ALSO PLAYED A CONSTRUCTIVE BRINGING THE DISPUTE TO AN AMICABLE

ROLE IN

LIGHTS ON FOR DISTRICT FESTIVAL

AT THE PRESS OF A BUTTON BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR T.H. CHAU, THE PARK LANE BOULEVARD LIT UP THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING WITH DECORATIVE LIGHTS TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE YAU MA TEI AND TSIM SHA TSUI FESTIVAL.

TO ADD COLOUR TO THE FESTIVE ATMOSPHERE, THE LIGHTS WILL BE EVERY EVENING DURING THE TWO-MONTH FESTIVAL.

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ALSO TAKING PART IN THE CEREMONY WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, WHO IS ALSO CHAIRMAN OF THE FESTIVAL'S ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR YIP WAH; YAU MA TEI DISTRICT OFFICER. MR CHENG AND DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, MR YIP SAID THE ORGANISED FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR YAU MA TEI RESIDENTS, STIMULATING THEIR PARTICIPATION

IN DISTRICT AFFAIRS AND THEIR SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE DISTRICT.

AUGUSTINE

FESTIVAL, AIMED AT ENHANCING

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