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TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1988

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EMPLOYERS URGED TO MAKE TYPHOON ARRANGEMENTS

EMPLOYERS ARE TODAY (TUESDAY) URGED ΤΟ MAKE PRIOR WITH THEIR EMPLOYEES ON WORKING ARRANGEMENTS DURING TYPHOON.

AGREEMENT

SUCH AGREEMENT SHOULD INCLUDE RULES FOR REPORTING TO WORK AND RELEASING EMPLOYEES FROM WORK, AND THE METHOD OF CALCULATING WAGES UNDER VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SAID ALTHOUGH THE LAW DID NOT LAY DOWN ANY PARTICULAR PROVISIONS, IT WOULD BE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL FOR AGREEMENTS TO BE REACHED.

HE SAID EMPLOYERS SHOULD GIVE PRIOR CONSIDERATION TO THEIR WORKERS' SAFETY, BOTH AT THE WORKPLACE AND WHILE TRAVELLING TO AND FROM HOME DURING A TYPHOON.

"NORMALLY, EMPLOYERS SHOULD NOT REQUIRE EMPLOYEES TO REPORT FOR DUTY OR TO CONTINUE WITH THEIR WORK WHEN TYPHOON SIGNAL NO. 8 OR A HIGHER SIGNAL IS HOISTED, OR WHEN PUBLIC TRANSPORT IS ABOUT ΤΟ STOP," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

"THIS, HOWEVER, DOES NOT APPLY TO THOSE WHO ARE REQUIRED ΤΟ PERFORM ESSENTIAL OR EMERGENCY DUTIES DURING A TYPHOON.

EMPLOYERS WHO HAVE DIFFICULTIES IN DRAFTING OR TYPHOON ARRANGEMENTS CAN APPROACH THE DEPARTMENT'S LABOUR SERVICE FOR ADVICE.

PREPARING RELATIONS

YUEN LONG DB COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS EDUCATION REPORT

COMMITTEE WILL ITS MEETING

THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD'S SOCIAL SERVICES DISCUSS THE EDUCATION COMMISSION'S NO. 3 REPORT AT TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).

THE COMMITTEE WILL ALSO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF INTRODUCING SCHEME UNDER

A WHICH ELDERLY PEOPLE IN THIE DISTRICT PREFERENTIAL SERVICES IN SUCH AREAS AS

CAN ENJOY MEDICAL CARE, SHOPPING.

TRANSPORT AND

MEMBERS WILL ALSO DISCUSS THE MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC WATER AND THE ASSOCIATED WATER WASTAGE.

PIPES

NOTE TO EDITORS;

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE MEETING OF THE YUEN LONG BOARD'S SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY} CONFERENCE ROOM, 13TH FLOOR,

ΤΑΙ KIU GOVERNMENT OFFICES

2 KIU LOK SQUARE, YUEN LONG. THE MEETING WILL START AT 3 PM.

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