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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1991

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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE WORKS BRANCH STRESSED

THE

IMPORTANCE

OF

RESTRAINT ON THE PART OF THE STAFF IN THEIR INDUSTRIAL ACTION SO AS TO MINIMISE INCONVENIENCE TO THE PUBLIC.

DIALOGUE. BETWEEN

THE STAFF AND

UNDERSTANDING

AND LEAD

HE HOPED THAT THE CONTINUED DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT WOULD PROMOTE BETTER TO AN EARLY CONCLUSION OF THE INDUSTRIAL ACTION.

FMO STAFF URGED TO RESUME WORK

AT

FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION (FMO) STAFF WHO STAGED A SIT-IN

MORNING HAVE THE SHAU KEI WAN WHOLESALE FISH MARKET THIS (WEDNESDAY) BEEN URGED TO RESUME WORK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER NOT TO MARKET OPERATION.

CAME

FROM THE

MANAGEMENT THE APPEAL AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT (AFD).

DISRUPT

OF

THE FMO

AND THE

THE

EIGHTEEN HOURLY-PAID. WORKERS OF THE FMO STAGED A SIT-IN AT

IMPENDING SHAU KEI WAN FISH MARKET THIS MORNING IN PROTEST AGAINST AN CUT IN THEIR WORKING HOURS.

MR FMO,

THAT SAID WING-LAP, HUI THE SENIOR MANAGER OF THE

A DECLINE THESE WORKERS USED TO WORK FIVE HOURS A DAY BUT BECAUSE OF IN THE VOLUME OF FISH HANDLED BY THE SHAU KEI WAN MARKET, THE WORKING HOURS WOULD HAVE TO BE REDUCED TO FOUR HOURS DAILY LUNAR NEW YEAR.

STAFF'S AFTER THE

THE FMO ALTOGETHER

RUNS SEVEN

WHOLESALE

FISH MARKETS AND

ABOUT 160 OR 30 PER CENT OF ITS STAFF ARE HOURLY PAID.

MANAGER, MR

C.C. FOK,

AND

THE

TANG, VICTOR

MET MR HUI THAT THE LENGTH TRADED AT

TOGETHER WITH FMO'S PERSONNEL AFD'S FISHERIES OFFICER (MARKETING), MR PROTESTING STAFF THIS MORNING AND EXPLAINED TO THEM OF THEIR WORKING HOURS MUST BE BASED ON THE VOLUME OF FISH INDIVIDUAL MARKETS.

"I FERVENTLY HOPE THAT THE WORKERS WOULD RESUME

REPLACE PEOPLE то WE MAY BE FORCED TO EMPLOY OTHER JOBS," MR HUI SAID.

WORK OR ELSE THEM IN THEIR

DISMISSED WITH,

COULD NOT BE

ON THE WORKERS' SUGGESTION THAT THEY SHOULD BE SEVERANCE PAY IF THEIR DEMAND FOR LONGER WORKING HOURS MET, HE SAID THE FMO HAD NO INTENTION OF DISMISSING THEM.

WHOLE EMPLOYMENT

"THIS IS THE LAST THING WE WISH TO SEE HAPPENING AND THE

THE WITH DEALT

IN ACCORDANCE BE

WITH WILL MATTER ORDINANCE, HE STRESSED.

HE ADDED THAT THE MANAGEMENT WAS ALWAYS READY TO DIALOGUE WITH WORKERS.

CONTINUE ITS

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