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The Labour Department has received 10 nominations of candidates from registered employee unions for election as employee representatives to the Labour Advisory Board (LAB).
"Of the 10 nominees, five will be elected to the board for a two-year term starting next January," a spokesman for the Labour Department said today (Wednesday).
"The election will be held at 3 pm on November 28 (Saturday) in the Hall of Haking Wong Technical Institute at 702 Lai Chi Kok Road, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon," he said.
The nominees are:
* Mr Cheung Kwok-bui
Hong Kong Civil Servants General Union
* Mr Leung Chau-ting
Clerical Grades Civil Servants General Union
* Mr Leung Fu-wah
Hong Kong and Kowloon Rubber and Plastic Workers General
Union
* Mr Leung Tsz-leung
Hong Kong Free Clerical Workers' Union
* Ms Leung Suet-fong
Jewellery Employees Association
* Mr Ng Yat-wah
Hong Kong Catholic Institution Staff Association
* Mr Poon Siu-ping
Hong Kong Storehouses and Transportation Staff
Association
* Mr Li Koi-hop, Philip
Hong Kong Airport Air Security Staff Union
* Mr Yu Wing
Housing Department Chief Estate Assistants Association
* Ms Carole R Mangampo
Philippines Domestic Workers Union
"Meanwhile, 331 employee unions have so far applied for registration with the Labour Department as electors for the coming LAB election," the spokesman added.
"Each elector may appoint authorised representatives, who must either be paid-up members, officers or paid staff of the union, to attend the election and take part in the voting procedures," he said.
The LAB is a tripartite consultative body which advises the Commissioner for Labour on labour matters including legislation and the application of International Labour Convention and Recommendations.
It comprises 12 members, six each on employees' and employers' sides, with the Commissioner for Labour or her deputy as the ex-officio chairman.
One employer and one employee members will be appointed directly by the Government.
End/Wednesday, November 11, 1998
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