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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1992

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SEMINAR ON RETIREMENT PROTECTION SYSTEM

MORE THAN 250 EMPLOYERS, MANAGERS AND TRADE UNION LEADERS WERE BRIEFED AT A SEMINAR TODAY (FRIDAY) ON PROPOSALS UNDER THE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED COMMUNITY-WIDE RETIREMENT PROTECTION SYSTEM,

"THE SEMINAR WAS ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR RELATIONS PROMOTION UNIT OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TO HELP THE GENERAL PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY THOSE AT THE MANAGEMENT LEVEL, BETTER UNDERSTAND THE MAIN ELEMENTS THE PROPOSALS.

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"WE HAVE INVITED EXPERTS TO LOOK AT THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE PROPOSED SYSTEM. A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF INSURERS ALSO SPOKE ON THE FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF RETIREMENT PROTECTION SCHEMES, CHIEF LABOUR OFFICER, MR JAMES YEUNG, SAID.

"IN ADDITION, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HONG KONG SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIETY GAVE VIEWS ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE FUTURE OF RETIREMENT PROTECTION IN HONG KONG, HE ADDED.

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A DISCUSSION SESSION WAS ARRANGED FOR PARTICIPANTS TO RAISE QUESTIONS AND EXCHANGE VIEWS.

"THEIR COMMENTS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A SOUND SYSTEM OF RETIREMENT PROTECTION FOR ALL EMPLOYEES," MR YEUNG SAID.

HE POINTED OUT THAT A SIMILAR SEMINAR, TO BE HELD NEXT MONTH FOR ABOUT 250 PARTICIPANTS, HAD BEEN FULLY SUBSCRIBED.

COMMUNITY-WIDE

A PUBLICITY BOOKLET ENTITLED 'A SIMPLE GUIDE ΤΟ A

RETIREMENT PROTECTION SYSTEM" IS

ΤΟ AVAILABLE PUBLIC AT LABOUR DEPARTMENT OFFICES.

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"WR HOPE THE PUBLIC WILL STUDY THE BOOKLET CAREFULLY AND THEIR VIEWS TO THE EDUCATION AND MANPOWER BRANCH BEFORE THE CONSULTATION PERIOD ENDS ON JANUARY 31 NEXT YEAR, HE SAID.

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CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE FIRE PREVENTION

THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR LAM CHER-YUEN, WILL LAUNCH AN ANNUAL FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN AT I 1.50 PM ON SUNDAY (

(NOVEMBER 1} AT

EDINBURGH PLACE IN CENTRAL..

THE CAMPAIGN WILL TARGET AT FIRES CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE AND CARELESSNESS.

A BAND

IN ADDITION TO A RESCUE DEMONSTRATION BY FIREMEN, THERE WILL BE AN ARTISTES AND MARCH, A LION DANCE, A DRAMA BY TELEVISION

EXHIBITION.

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