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SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 1988

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"HOLIDAY PAY SHOULD BE EQUIVALENT TO AN EMPLOYEE'S EARNINGS ON A NORMAL DAY AND SHOULD INCLUDE BASIC WAGES AS WELL AS ALLOWANCES THAT CAN BE EXPRESSED IN MONEY TERMS SUCH AS MEALS AND COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCES," HE ADDED.

"WHERE THE EARNINGS VARY FROM DAY-TO-DAY, HOLIDAY PAY SHOULD BE THE AVERAGE DAILY EARNINGS DURING EVERY COMPLETE WAGE PERIOD, WHICH COULD BE BETWEEN 28 DAYS AND 31 DAYS PRECEDING THE HOLIDAYS, HE SAID.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT STATUTORY HOLIDAYS MAY BE MADE AT ALL BRANCH OFFICES OF THE LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICE.

ABERDEEN DRAGON BOAT RACES PRESS CONFERENCE

THE TRADITIONAL ABERDEEN DRAGON BOAT RACES WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY (JUNE 18) IN THE ABERDEEN TYPHOON SHELTER.

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, AND LADY WILSON, THE RACES AS OFFICIAL GUESTS.

WILL ATTEND

DETAILS OF THE RACES WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY THE 1988 ABERDEEN DRAGON BOAT RACES ORGANISING COMMITTEE AT A PRESS CONFERENCE AT 10.30 AM TOMORROW (MONDAY) AT THE JUMBO FLOATING RESTAURANT IN SHUM WAN, ABERDEEN.

THE

CONFERENCE WILL BE JOINTLY HOSTED BY THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE'S CHAIRMAN, MR LIU LIT-FOR VICE-CHAIRMEN, KEUNG YIN-MAN AND YUNG CHEK-CHOW; AND SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MRS MAUREEN CHAN.

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE BRIEFED ON THE ARRANGEMENTS OF THIS YEAR'S RACES AND WILL BE SHOWN A VIDEO FILM ON THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE RACES HELD LAST YEAR.

AN EYE-DOTTING AND

EMBLEM-HANGING CEREMONY FOR FIVE DRAGON BOATS WILL BE PERFORMED BY MR LIU AND OFFICIALS FROM THE POLICE, MARINE POLICE, MARINE DEPARTMENT AND URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

PRESS BADGES FOR COVERAGE OF THE RACES WILL BE DISTRIBUTED ΤΟ MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE.

THE ABERDEEN