The Labour Advisory Board is expected to resume processing applications under a work scheme as early as today, after employee representatives agreed to end a boycott that has lasted since late...
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3 Nov 2011
Despite a plea from the labour chief, employee representatives on the Labour Advisory Board are sticking to their refusal to process applications by companies to import workers.
They...
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28 Mar 2011
On behalf of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, I wish to reply to the letter by Martin Brinkley ('Wealthy DAB has shown its true colours in defence of tycoons...
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22 Jul 1997
Five thousand extra workers will be needed if Tung Chee-hwa's housing plan is to be implemented next year, according to the Hong Kong Construction Association.
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28 Jun 1997
At this time of great change, of departure for the old sovereign power, let us reflect in this brief look at Britain, upon the timeless solidity it represents, of a country where sometimes...
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27 Apr 1997
Four days from today, Britain goes to the polls for the last general election before Hong Kong ceases to be a dependent territory of the United Kingdom.
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Andrew Sheppard is the chairman of the Hong Kong branch of Conservatives Abroad.
The Conservatives are facing tough opposition from the Labour Party and also need to battle the...
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The Labour Party yesterday set out its plans for government in case of a snap autumn election, as leader Tony Blair launched his party's mini-manifesto New Labour, New Life for Britain.
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GOVERNOR Chris Patten and his advisers have postponed replacing the new labour importation scheme with a compromise package until a territory-wide referendum on the deal by more than 500 unions is...
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THE British Conservative Party's defeat in local government polls has been disastrous for it. Mid-term local elections are rarely a reliable indicator for a general election which may be up to two...
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IT has to be an irresistible offer to the sort of wealthy Hong Kong figures who have queued up to buy baronial halls in the Scottish Highlands - an apartment inside a royal palace.
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LEGISLATORS were urged not to sensationalise the growing number of industrial accidents on construction sites.
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