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SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 1994

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ANOTHER FLOATING HOLIDAY FOR EMPLOYEES

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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (SUNDAY) REMINDS EMPLOYERS THAT THE SECOND FLOATING HOLIDAY OF THIS YEAR FALLS ON AUGUST 29, THE LAST MONDAY OF THE MONTH.

HAS NOT HAS

UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE, ALL EMPLOYEES SHALL BE GRANTED THEIR SECOND FLOATING HOLIDAY ON THIS DATE IF THE EMPLOYER ALREADY FIXED A DATE FOR THAT HOLIDAY OR IF THE EMPLOYEE REQUESTED IT TO BE ADDED TO HIS PAID ANNUAL LEAVE.

IN

AN ADDITION,

NOT

FOR THAT

EMPLOYEE IS ENTITLED TO BE PAID HOLIDAY IF HE HAS WORKED FOR HIS EMPLOYER CONTINUOUSLY FOR THREE MONTHS BEFORE THE HOLIDAY.

MEALS

WELL AS AND

HOLIDAY PAY SHOULD BE EQUIVALENT TO AN EMPLOYEE'S EARNINGS ON A

DAY NORMAL WORKING

AND SHOULD

AS INCLUDE BASIC WAGES ALLOWANCES THAT

AS CAN BE EXPRESSED IN MONEY TERMS SUCH COSTS OF LIVING ALLOWANCES.

WHERE THE EARNINGS VARY FROM DAY TO DAY, THE HOLIDAY PAY SHOULD 28 BE THE AVERAGE DAILY EARNINGS DURING EVERY COMPLETE WAGE PERIOD OF TO 31 DAYS PRECEDING THE MONTH.

IF AN EMPLOYEE IS REQUIRED TO WORK ON A STATUTORY HOLIDAY, MUST BE GIVEN AN ALTERNATIVE DAY OFF WITHIN 60 DAYS BEFORE OR THAT DAY.

HE

AFTER

ENQUIRIES ABOUT STATUTORY HOLIDAYS CAN BE MADE ON 717 1771.

NEW COMPUTER SYSTEM BOOSTS HEALTH EDUCATION

HEALTH EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY MATERIALS PRODUCED BY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAVE BEEN GIVEN A

NEW LOOK SINCE AN ADVANCED COMPUTER SYSTEM WAS SET UP IN APRIL THIS YEAR.

THE

WITH A $1 MILLION GRANT DONATED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, THE DEPARTMENT'S CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT

THE ACQUIRED MULTI-PURPOSE MEDIA PRODUCTION (COMPUTER) SYSTEM WHICH INCLUDED A MULTI-PURPOSE MEDIA GRAPHICS PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND A DESKTOP PUBLISHING SUB-SYSTEM.

BEING

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID: "THE NEW EQUIPMENT IS NOW USED IN CREATING AND PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICS AND ILLUSTRATIONS FOR HEALTH EDUCATION MATERIALS.

"IT IS PARTICULARLY USEFUL IN PRODUCING PUBLICITY MATERIALS SUCH AS POSTERS AND LEAFLETS IN SMALL QUANTITY FOR MINI-CAMPAIGNS EXHIBITIONS."

AND

/"THE COMPUTER