SLW welcomes agreement reached
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The Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Matthew Cheung Kin-chung, welcomes the news that an agreement has been reached between employers and workers of the bar-bending industry at the conciliation meeting convened by the Labour Department tonight (September 12).
Mr Cheung said, ¡§I am pleased that a consensus on the reference wage rate and working hours has been reached through mutual understanding and a rational dialogue between both parties.¡¨
He commended colleagues of the Labour Department for playing the role as the conciliator in the past few weeks and successfully settling the labour dispute.
Ends/Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Issued at HKT 22:16
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