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HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE A THE WEEK IN HONG KONG
10th 16th March, 1979.
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OCTOBER DATE FOR METRO
The first section of Hong Kong's underground railway will come into operation on October 1. This section will link
It will be Shek Kip Mei with Choi Hung and Kwun Tong. completed by the end of next month.
Mr. Norman Thompson, Chairman of the Mass Transit Railway Corporation, said that it was hoped the section down Nathan Road, Kowloon's main thoroughfare, through the immersed tube unzer Victoria Harbour to Central District on Hong Kong Island could be opened earlier than the scheduled date of March next year.
BETTER DEAL FOR WORKERS
Workers in Hong Kong earning up to IKZ3,500 (2350) a month will be protected by the Employment Ordinance, which guarantees paid holidays and other benefits, if a new Bill just published is approved by the Legislative Council. The proposed law seeks to raise the wage ceiling for non- manual workers covered by the Ordinance from HKX2,000 to HK73,500. Benefits under the Ordinance include 10 statutory holidays a year, seven days' paid annual leave, severance pay, sickness allowance, rest days and provisions for termination of contracts. It also protects female workers from dismissal during maternity leave.
A Labour Department spokesman attributed the increase of the wage ceiling to rising wages. A recent review showed that the increase in wages between July 1973 and June 1978 was about 54 per cent.
JUMBO DEAL CONFIRMED
Cathay Pacific Airways Hong Kong's flag carrier - has confirmed its option for the purchase of a third Rolls-Royce powered Boeing 747. The aircraft, costing HKZ300 million (330 million), is due for delivery in September 1930. Cathay "Pacific, which plans to introduce 747 services on its route network in August, now has firm commitments for three Rolls-Royce powered 747's and options on three more. six aircraft are worth more than HKZ1,300 million (£180 million), and the value of the British-built engines anà engine support equipment amounts to 7430 million (€48 million).
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