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THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1994

"THE PROMPTNESS WITH WHICH THE CANADIAN

GOVERNMENT COMMITTED TO SEPARATE AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH HONG KONG IS ONLY

CONTINUING MANY EXAMPLES OF THE TANGIBLE AND HAS SHOWN IN THE YEARS SINCE THE SIGNING OF JOINT DECLARATION.

ITSELF OF CANADA

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NOW PREPARATION FOR THIS, THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IS THE PROCESS OF SEPARATING ITS AIR SERVICES ARRANGEMENTS FROM THOSE THE UNITED KINGDOM. WITH THE AGREEMENT OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, HAVE SO FAR SIGNED EIGHT SEPARATE AND TWO NEW AIR SERVICES WITH AVIATION PARTNERS.

AGREEMENTS

"INDEED CANADA DISTINGUISHED ITSELF BY BEING ONE OF THE FIRST COUNTRIES TO SIGN UP WITH US BACK IN 1988.

"THE SUPPORT OF SO MANY CANADIAN FRIENDS AND THE COMMITMENT WHICH CANADA HAS DEMONSTRATED TO A WHOLE RANGE OF COMMERCIAL AND LEGAL AGREEMENTS WHICH

BEEN WILL EXTEND SEAMLESSLY THROUGH 1997 HAS

VERY

MUCH VALUED.

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"IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE SO IN THE YEARS TO COME, SHE SAID.

MRS BOSHER SAID THE NEXT THREE YEARS WOULD NOT BE EASY FOR HONG THE KONG AND ITS PEOPLE AS THEY PREPARED FOR THE UNIQUE CHALLENGE OF IMPENDING CHANGE OF SOVEREIGNTY.

"WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT THE MOOD IN HONG KONG IS ONE OF THE BUT OF OPTIMISM AND CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE, NOT JUST OF HONG KONG CHINA AS

PHENOMENAL ARE A WHOLE, MANY REGIONS OF WHICH ECONOMIC GROWTH,

EXPRESSING

"IN ADDITION TO CONFIDENCE THERE IS ALSO A MOOD OF RESOLVE ΤΟ MAINTAIN AND BUILD ON THE SYSTEMS AND VALUES WHICH HAVE MADE HONG KONG ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST SPECTACULAR INTERNATIONAL CITIES, SHE SAID.

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GUIDELINES ON WORK ARRANGEMENTS DURING TYPHOONS

AND RAINSTORMS PUBLISHED

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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS PUBLISHED A NEW BILINGUAL BOOKLET NAMED ** CODE OF PRACTICE IN TIMES OF TYPHOONS AND RAINSTORMS" WHICH SERVES AS A REFERENCE GUIDE FOR EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES TO MAKE EARLY WORK ARRANGEMENTS DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER.

THIS CODE OF PRACTICE IS PRODUCED BY THE LABOUR RELATIONS PROMOTION UNIT TO FACILITATE EMPLOYERS IN REACHING PRIOR AGREEMENTS WITH THEIR EMPLOYEES WITH REGARD TO WORK ARRANGEMENTS IN TIMES OF TYPHOONS AND RAINSTORMS SO AS TO MINIMISE CHANCES OF GETTING DISPUTES OVER PAY AND CONDITIONS OF WORK.

"IN BRIEF, AN AGREEMENT ON WORK ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD COVER RULES REGARDING REPORT OF DUTY, RELEASE FROM WORK, RESUMPTION OF WORK AND WAGES CALCULATION, SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER MR HO HONG-WAI SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

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"THE AGREEMENT