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SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1992

SOME 200,000 COPIES OF THE POSTER WILL BE AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE AT ALL DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND HOUSING ESTATE OFFICES.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE CHINESE NEW YEAR GREETING POSTER IS AVAILABLE AT THE GIS NEWSROOM.

NEW CONTRACT FORM FOR FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPERS

DOMESTIC

A SIMPLIFIED STANDARD EMPLOYMENT, CONTRACT FOR FOREIGN HELPERS WILL COME INTO USE ON JANUARY 27 (MONDAY) ΤΟ SPEED UP THE PROCESS OF CONTRACT ATTESTATION.

"THE REVISED CONTRACT IS ALSO INCORRECT ENTRIES IN THE CONTRACT FORM, MARIAN LI TODAY (SUNDAY).

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INTENDED ΤΟ HELP MINIMISE SAID LABOUR OFFICER MRS

MRS LI STRESSED THAT THE CHANGE WOULD NOT AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE CONTRACT PARTIES,

AFFECT THE RIGHTS

EASY ΤΟ COMPLETE, NOTES ATTACHED ΤΟ

"THE NEW CONTRACT WILL BE MORE CONCISE AND WITH FEWER BLANKS TO FILL IN, AND THE EXPLANATORY THE CONTRACT HAVE BEEN MADE MORE COMPREHENSIVE AND SIMPLE ΤΟ READ,' SHE NOTED.

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'THERE WILL BE A ONE-MONTH CHANGE-OVER PERIOD SO THAT OLD

LABOUR FORMS SUBMITTED TO THE

DEPARTMENT BEFORE FEBRUARY 27 WILL STILL BE ATTESTED," MRS LI SAID.

THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW STANDARD EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT IS THE RESULT OF A JOINT REVISION EXERCISE BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT AND LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

THE NEW CONTRACT FORMS (FORM ID 407) ARE NOW OBTAINABLE AT INFORMATION OFFICE OF THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT AT WAN CHAI TOWER 7 GLOUCESTER ROAD, AND AT ALL ITS 10 BRANCH OFFICES.

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