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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1989

"THIS YEAR, A PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT WAS MADE

OF WAGES ON OUR LABOUR LEGISLATION WHEN THE SCOPE OF THE PROTECTION INSOLVENCY

WAS

EXTENDED IN

CLAIMS FOR ORDINANCE

JULY TO

WAGES IN LIBU SEVERANCE PAYMENT IN ADDITION TO ARREARS OF WAGES AND OF NOTICE.

TO

COVER

"SEVERAL OTHER IMPROVEMENTS ARE IN THE PIPELINE," HE SAID.

PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE AND LABOUR LEGISLATION ASSOCIATION AND THE

MR HAMMOND WAS SPEAKING AT THE THIRD CERTIFICATE COURSE ON LABOUR RELATIONS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' LABOUR DEPARTMENT WHICH ATTRACTED OVER 90 PARTICIPANTS.

THE HE TOLD

GATHERING THAT HARMONIOUS LABOUR-MANAGEMENT HELP PREVENT RELATIONS COULD

LABOUR OCCURRENCE OF INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AT WORK.

THE

DISPUTES,

THE KONG ENJOYED ONE OF STOPPAGES WITH ONLY 2.345 IN 1988, A

CITING STATISTICS, HE SAID HONG WORLD'S LOWEST RATES OF STRIKES AND WORK WORKING DAYS BEING LOST AS A RESULT OF DROP OF 15 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

DURING

LABOUR DISPUTES

WITH

WERE

FIRST SIX THE

MONTHS OF THIS

7.638 CLAIMS YEAR,

WERE LODGED CONCERNING ARREARS OF WAGES AND OTHER ENTITLEMENTS

DISPUTES THE DEPARTMENT'S LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICE AND 59 TRADE

REPRESENTED SIGNIFICANT DECREASES WHEN HANDLED. THESE FIGURES ALSO COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

AN IMPROVED RELATIONSHIP "I THINK THEY ARE POSITIVE SIGNS OF BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES IN HONG KONG," MR HAMMOND SAID.

IMPORTANCE OF GOOD LABOUR TO AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE

IN DEPARTMENT,

CONJUNCTION WITH THE LABOUR RELATIONS, THE LABOUR

BOARD, WILL RELATIONS PROMOTION SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY

LABOUR RELATIONS AT THE HONG ORGANISE A LARGE-SCALE CONFERENCE ON KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE ON OCTOBER 31.

BE THE NEW CHALLENGES AND IN THE FIELDS OF BUSINESS

THE THEME OF THE CONFERENCE WILL OPPORTUNITIES BROUGHT ABOUT BY CHANGES MANAGEMENT AND LABOUR RELATIONS IN THE 1990'S.

IN EVENTS SUCH AS DEVELOP

"I HOPE THAT THROUGH ACTIVE PARTICIPATION THIS, EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYEES AND THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE ABLE TO

ROLES OTHER'S AN EVEN BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF LABOUR RELATIONS SCENE," MR HAMMOND ADDED.

EACH

IN

THE FUTURE

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