Government will try its utmost to mediate between bar-bending employers and workers
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In response to media enquiries, a spokesman for the Labour and Welfare Bureau said today (September 2) that the Secretary for Labour and Welfare Mr Matthew Cheung Kin-chung and the Labour Department will continue to try their utmost to bring the employers and workers of the bar-bending industry to return to the negotiating table to continue a rational dialogue and resolve the issue.
The spokesman called on both parties to keep calm, exercise restraint and show mutual understanding in order to reach a consensus.
Ends/Sunday, September 2, 2007
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