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The recruitment campaign running from December 16 to December 31, is being jointly organised by the Airport Authority, the Mass Transit Railway Corporation and the Government.
The purpose of this campaign is to enable contractors concerned to make an extensive trawl of the market for suitable local workers for those job vacancies which have to be filled within the next three months in order to meet the tight works schedule of the projects.
On the basis of the results of this recruitment campaign, the Government will give expeditious approval of applications for imported workers to fill any particular shortfall of labour established through the two-week recruitment exercise during this campaign.
Both the Local Employment Service and the SPT for the Airport Core Programme of the Labour Department have stepped up their efforts in helping local construction workers to fill vacancies in the new airport and related projects. Also, vacancy information has been sent to over 20 relevant trade unions, encouraging their members to apply for the jobs.
To strengthen the placement service to local workers, the SPT on second floor, Tsuen Wan Government Offices will extend its working hours on Saturdays from noon to 5.30 pm during the campaign.
Local workers are also welcome to approach the ACP Job Centre in Mong Kok which opens from 9 am to 8 pm on Mondays to Saturdays.
Interested workers can also call the "job hotline" 2492 2001 for more information of the vacancies.
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Emergency relief grants for victims in Kivu crisis
The Disaster Relief Fund Advisory Committee has approved a grant of $2 million for emergency relief assistance for victims in the Kivu crisis in Central Africa.
Announcing this today (Friday), a Government spokesman said the grant was made in response to an application from Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) to help scores of refugees returning from Zaire to Rwanda and the Zaireans displaced in their own country.
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