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THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1989

THE CAPITAL COST FOR

THE MRS KWOK

YUK-CHEUNG CARE AND ATTENTION HOME AMOUNTED TO SOME $14 MILLION OF WHICH $2,450,000 WAS BORNE BY MADAM WU AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF YAN CHAI HOSPITAL, AND THE REMAINING SOME $12 MILLION WAS MET BY THE LOTTERIES FUND, HE SAID.

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MADAM WU IS THE PERMANENT ADVISER TO THE YAN CHAI HOSPITAL AND ALSO A FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

MORE RESOURCES TO PROMOTE LABOUR RELATIONS

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL ORGANISE MORE ACTIVITIES WITH EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATIONS AND TRADE UNIONS, BOTH AT THE TERRITORY-WIDE LEVEL AND THE DISTRICT LEVEL, TO PROMOTE LABOUR RELATIONS.

THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR TONY HAMMOND, SAID THIS TODAY (THURSDAY) AT A LABOUR RELATIONS SPRING RECEPTION ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE DEPARTMENT'S LABOUR RELATIONS DIVISION LABOUR RELATIONS SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD.

AND THE

FOR THE

MR HAMMOND SAID THAT MORE STAFF WOULD BE PROVIDED LABOUR RELATIONS DIVISION THIS YEAR TO ENABLE IT TO STEP UP ITS PROMOTIONAL AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.

"THIS WILL RESULT IN THE PROVISION OF MORE DISTRICT SEMINARS AND TRAINING COURSES, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY IN GREAT DEMAND, HE NOTED.

MR HAMMOND ALSO CALLED ON ALL SECTORS CONCERNED TO CONTINUE THEIR EFFORTS IN MAINTAINING THE PRESENT HARMONIOUS STATE OF LABOUR- MANAGEMENT RELATIONS, WHICH WAS ESSENTIAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND SOCIAL STABILITY.

REVIEWING THE MAJOR EVENTS WHICH TOOK PLACE IN THE LABOUR RELATIONS FIELD OVER THE PAST YEAR, MR HAMMOND SAID THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT WAS THE LAUNCHING OF THE TRIPARTITE EVENT "LABOUR RELATIONS '88", WITH CONTRIBUTIONS IN VARIOUS WAYS FROM EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATIONS, TRADE UNION FEDERATIONS AND ORGANISATIONS.

"A SIMILAR EVENT IS BEING PLANNED FOR 1990, HE NOTED.

OTHER

MOST

LONG

IN THE FIELD OF LABOUR LEGISLATION. HE SAID THE SIGNIFICANT ENACTMENTS LAST YEAR WERE THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SERVICE PAYMENT SCHEME AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH COUNCIL.

"THERE WILL

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