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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1988

OTHER FACILITIES SUCH AS AREAS, OPEN PLACES AND WATERFRONT FIVE YEARS.

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AREAS, SITTING-OUT

PARKS WOULD BE

CHILDREN'S PLAY COMPLETED WITHIN

BEING

MR LAU SAID THE GROUND AND OTHER RECREATIONAL FACILITIES

FOR RECREATIONAL CONSTRUCTED OR PLANNED WOULD MEET RESIDENTS' DEMAND FACILITIES AND PROVIDE A BETTER LIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM.

FLOODLIT

HARD

A INCLUDE FACILITIES AT THE RECREATION GROUND

AND A SITTING-OUT SURFACED MINI-SOCCER PITCH, TWO BASKETBALL COURTS AREA.

BEFORE THE

CEREMONY,

NORTH POLICE

CHILDREN'S GAMES AND AN INVITATION

THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD, FOOTBALL MATCH BETWEEN MEMBERS OF DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, SHA TAU KOK RURAL COMMITTEE AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICE (FRONTIER) WERE HELD.

EMPLOYERS WARNED TO PAY FULL WAGES

* * * * *

WARNED

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (SUNDAY) OVERSEAS DOMESTIC HELPERS TO PAY THEIR MAIDS FULL WAGES THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO BY BOTH PARTIES.

IN WHICH AN

THIS FOLLOWED A RECENT COURT CASE FINED $5,000 FOR FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS ON WAGES UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE.

OF EMPLOYERS ACCORDING ΤΟ

WAS EMPLOYER

PAYMENT OF

PAYING HIS MAID THE CASE REVEALED THAT THE EMPLOYER HAD BEEN BETWEEN $400 AND $550 LESS

THE CONTRACTUAL AMOUNT THROUGHOUT HER PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT.

THAN

ANNUAL IN ADDITION, HE ALSO FAILED TO PAY HIS MAID SEVEN DAYS'

IN RESPECT OF LEAVE PAY

THE 12 MONTHS' SERVICE THAT HAD BEEN COMPLETED WITHIN SEVEN DAYS AFTER THE CONTRACT WAS TERMINATED.

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT MUST BE PAID AS ORDINANCE, WAGES DUE AT THE END OF THE WAGE PERIOD

CASE NOT LATER SOON AS IS PRACTICABLE BUT IN ANY

THAN SEVEN DAYS

THEREAFTER.

PAID WITHIN SEVEN

SIMILARLY, WAGES AND OTHER SUM DUE MUST BE DAYS ON THE COMPLETION OR TERMINATION OF A CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT.

WAGES

THE MAXIMUM FINE FOR FAILING TO PAY

WITHIN SEVEN DAYS

IS CONTRACTS AFTER THE WAGE PERIOD OR ON COMPLETION OF

AND $20,000

DAYS AFTER THAT FOR FAILING TO PAY THE ANNUAL LEAVE PAY WITHIN SEVEN THE COMPLETION OF CONTRACTS IS $10,000.

+ ENQUIRIES CONCERNING THE CONDITION OF SERVICE FOR OVERSEAS

HELPERS DOMESTIC HELPERS CAN BE MADE AT THE FOREIGN DOMESTIC OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AT 5-8523537.

SERVICE

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