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FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1993

FOLLOWING THE ENACTMENT OF THE NEW EMPLOYMENT LAW, THE DAYS OF LOCK OUT, REST DAYS, STATUTORY HOLIDAYS AND ANNUAL LEAVE DAYS WILL NOT BE RECKONED AS NORMAL WORKING DAYS DURING THE REFERENCE PERIOD.

SPECIFY

THE NEW LEGISLATION ALSO PROVIDES AN EMPLOYER AN OPTION TO ANY PERIOD OF 12 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS AS THE COMMON LEAVE YEAR FOR HIS EMPLOYEES.

WORK

THIS MEASURE WILL REDUCE THE GREAT DEAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE IMPOSED ON AN EMPLOYER IN KEEPING TRACK OF ALL HIS EMPLOYEES' ANNUAL LEAVE SINCE DIFFERENT EMPLOYEES HAVE DIFFERENT STARTING DAYS OF THEIR LEAVE YEAR, MR CHAN NOTED.

APPOINTMENTS TO BOARD OF EDUCATION

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THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER. MR MICHAEL LEUNG, ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) THE APPOINTMENT OF THE FOLLOWING THREE PERSONS TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION:

YEAR.

* MR MICHAEL HONG MAN-HOI, PRINCIPAL OF SHUN LEE CATHOLIC

SECONDARY SCHOOL;

* MR HERMAN HU SHAO-MING, AN

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER

BY

PROFESSION, AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A NUMBER OF COMPANIES;

AND

* MRS GRACE HUI WONG KING-MAN, PRINCIPAL OF TUNG WAH GROUP OF

HOSPITALS WONG FUT NAM COLLEGE.

THEY ARE APPOINTED ON A TWO-YEAR TERM STARTING JULY 1 THIS

WATER WORK PROJECT ON LANTAU

TO

THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT IS INVITING APPROVED CONTRACTORS PARTICIPATE IN A PREQUALIFICATION EXERCISE FOR CONSTRUCTING AQUEDUCTS FROM SIU HO WAN TO SILVERMINE BAY ON LANTAU ISLAND.

THE CONTRACT INVOLVES THE LAYING OF ABOUT SEVEN KILOMETRES OF PRESSURE TUNNEL AND ABOUT 0.4 KILOMETRE OF WELDED STEEL WATER MAINS, PORTAL WORKS, AUXILIARY PIPEWORKS, ACCESS ROADS AND INSTRUMENTATION WORKS.

THOSE ON THE APPROVED CONTRACTORS FOR PUBLIC WORKS LIST I IN GROUP C CONFIRMED FOR WATERWORKS, OR LIST II CONFIRMED FOR WATERWORKS MAY APPLY FOR PREQUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS FROM PHH/SWK WATER CONSULTANTS, THIRD FLOOR, ASIAN HOUSE, [ HENNESSY ROAD, WAN CHAI, HONG KONG,

/TENDERS ARE