THE NEW AGREEMENT ALLOWS CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES ΤΟ CONDUCT ALL THE SURVEYS. GOVERNMENT SURVEYORS WILL STILL INSPECT SHIPS BEFORE THEY ARE PERMITTED TO BE REGISTERED IN HONG KONG, BUT THEY WILL NOT, UNLESS SO REQUESTED BY THE OWNERS, CARRY OUT THE REQUIRED SURVEYS.
"THIS WILL ENABLE MR TO MAKE SURE CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES INTERPRET THE HONG KONG REGULATIONS IN A SIMILAR MANNER TO GOVERNMENT SURVEYORS AND SO MAINTAIN THE HIGH STANDARDS REQUIRED BY THE NEW HONG KONG REGISTER AS WELL AS THE MAINTENANCE OF A POSITIVE LINK BETWEEN THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE SHIP."
THE NEW HONG KONG
REGISTER BEGINS OPERATIONS ON MONDAY
(DECEMBER 3).
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TIME TO CONSIDER RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
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THE TIME HAS COME FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ΤΟ CONSIDER SERIOUSLY WHETHER IT SHOULD PROVIDE ITS WORKERS WITH SOME FORM OF RETIREMENT BENEFIT, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR
K.Y. YEUNG, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
MR YEUNG SAID HE WAS AWARE THAT EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYERS' REPRESENTATIVES IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY HAD BEEN DISCUSSING THE FEASIBILITY OF SETTING UP AN INDUSTRY-WIDE WELFARE FUND THAT WOULD PROVIDE RETIREMENT AND OTHER BENEFITS FOR WORKERS.
SPEAKING AT THE 1990 TRAINING COMPLETION CEREMONY OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY THIS AFTERNOON, MR YEUNG SAID THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS WELCOMED.
HE URGED BOTH EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES TO PUSH AHEAD WITH THIS IDEA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
"THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR AND HIS STAFF STAND ASSIST THE INDUSTRY WITH ANY ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE IT MAY SETTING UP SUCH A FUND," HE SAID.
READY ΤΟ NEED IN
MR YEUNG NOTED THAT IF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY COULD FINANCE THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE FROM LEVIES ON THE VALUE OF CONTRACTS, THERE WAS NO REASON WHY EMPLOYERS COULD NOT ENLARGE THIS LEVY TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO A RETIREMENT FUND.
HE POINTED OUT THAT MANY BUSINESSES WERE FINDING IT NOT ONLY TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF FRESHLY TRAINED MANPOWER, TO RETAIN THEIR EXISTING WORKFORCE.
NECESSARY BUT ALSO
"THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IN THE CASE OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WHERE WORKING CONDITIONS ARE UNATTRACTIVE COMPARED WITH OTHER INDUSTRIES, AND WHERE THE INCIDENCE OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS HAS BEEN RELATIVELY HIGH, HE SAID.
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/MR YEUNG
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