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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1991

BEST INSURANCE FOR GOOD LABOUR RELATIONS

LABOUR CONVENTIONS THE CONTINUED APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL

LABOUR RELATIONS (ILC'S) IN HONG KONG IS THE BEST INSURANCE FOR GOOD AND AN IMPORTANT FACTOR

MAINTAINING LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AFTER 1997.

IN

THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR DARWIN

HONG KONG SECTION OF THE ADDRESSING THE

(THURSDAY) EVENING.

CHEN, SAID THIS WHEN

THIS

TEXTILE INSTITUTE

HE SAID THE FRAMEWORK PROVIDED BY ILC'S HAD ENABLED TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE BODY OF LABOUR LEGISLATION.

ΤΟ CONTINUING "THIS BODY OF LEGISLATION IS STEADILY IMPROVE THE WELL-BEING OF HONG KONG'S STANDARDS LAID DOWN BY THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR MR CHEN NOTED.

HONG KONG

EVOLVE AND WILL WORKFORCE UP ΤΟ THE ORGANISATION (ILO),"

WITH KONG,

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P

HE SAID.

ILC'S "AT PRESENT, 47

ARE APPLIED то HONG APPLIED IN FULL AND 18 WITH SOME MODIFICATIONS,

RELATING

ΤΟ

THE

GIVEN EFFECT IN HONG KONG BY

PROVISIONS ON THE RIGHTS AND REST DAYS, STATUTORY HOLIDAYS, SICKNESS ALLOWANCE, MATERNITY

MOST OF THESE CONVENTIONS ARE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE "WHICH INCLUDES BENEFITS FOR WORKERS ANNUAL LEAVE WITH PAY, SICK LEAVE AND LEAVE WITH PAY, SEVERANCE PAYMENT ON REDUNDANCY, LONG SERVICE PAYMENT, AND PROTECTION AGAINST ANTI-UNION DISCRIMINATION".

THE

MR CHEN NOTED THAT

MIGRATION FOR EMPLOYMENT CONVENTION

THE PRINCIPLE OF (REVISED) 1949, WHICH LAYS DOWN

TREATING FOREIGN APPLIED WORKERS NO LESS FAVOURABLE THAN THEIR LOCAL COUNTERPARTS, WAS WITHOUT MODIFICATION TO HONG KONG.

HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY UNDER THE IMPORTATION OF LABOUR SCHEMES WAS BASED ON THE SPIRIT OF THIS CONVENTION.

ARE

"BY ADHERING TO THE PRINCIPLE OF THIS CONVENTION, NOT ONLY

INTERNATIONAL WE ABLE TO MAINTAIN HONG KONG'S GOOD REPUTATION ON THE

HOME WITH LABOUR FRONT, BUT ALSO ENSURE AMICABLE LABOUR RELATIONS AT

SINCE THIS PRINCIPLE ENSURES THAT BOTH FOREIGN AND LOCAL WORKERS,

MR CHEN SAID. LOCAL WORKERS' INTERESTS ARE ALSO PROTECTED,

"THIS IS INDEED

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AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN HARMONY AND STABILITY AND THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TO ENSURE

UNDER THE 1989 WORKERS IMPORTED PRESCRIBED WAGES WITHOUT UNLAWFUL DEDUCTIONS,

AND

1990

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MAINTAINING SOCIAL THAT FOREIGN SCHEMES ARE PAID HE STRESSED.

THE

MR CHEN SAID THE

TRIPARTITE GOVERNMENT ALSO CONSIDERED

EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYEES AND THE CONSULTATION, THAT IS DIALOGUES AMONG

IMPORTANCE OF UTMOST

IN ENHANCING GOOD LABOUR GOVERNMENT, TO BE RELATIONS.

/"THE PROVISIONS