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Declaration of 1 and 2 July 1997 as statutory holidays will mean that under the Employment Ordinance an employer has to grant a holiday to his employees on these two days, and if the employees have been employed under a continuous contract for a period of three months immediately preceding these two days, the employer has also to pay holiday pay to them.
An employer who, without reasonable excuse, fails to grant his employees a statutory holiday or fails to pay the holiday pay commits an offence.
The Bill will be introduced into the Legislative Council next Wednesday (23 April).
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Public bus services for Western Harbour Crossing
The Transport Department today (Friday) announces that eight cross harbour bus routes will commence operation soon to tie in with the opening of Western Harbour Crossing.
These bus routes are scheduled to operate from May 1 or the day after the official opening of Western Harbour Crossing.
Speaking on the new services, Acting Assistant Commissioner for Transport, Mr Louis Hung, said: "Four new routes will be established and the others are existing bus routes diverted from Cross Harbour Tunnel to operate via Western Harbour Crossing (WHC).
"Fares for new routes will be ranging from $9.90 to $17.0, based mainly on the fare structure of existing cross harbour bus services.
"For diverted routes, there will be no change in the amount of fares charged."
The operating details of the four new routes are as follows:
Route
Fares
* no.930
$14.30
(Tsuen Wan Ferry Pier - Admiralty MTR Station)
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