HKETO Berlin Sponsors Berlin CityCup Dragon Boat Races, Promoting Cultural Exchanges

HKETO Berlin sponsors Berlin CityCup dragon boat races

The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Berlin (HKETO Berlin) sponsored the 27th Berlin CityCup dragon boat races held on July 4 (Berlin time).

The Acting Director of HKETO Berlin, Mr Billy Leung, said that the race gathered paddlers from different cultural backgrounds. HKETO Berlin staff and Hong Kong people in Germany formed a team, the "Hong Kong Waverunners", with German paddlers, which serves as an example of fostering friendly people-to-people exchanges between Hong Kong and Germany.

Mr Leung also highlighted that Hong Kong would host the next edition of International Dragon Boat Federation World Dragon Boat Racing Championships. As an attractive tourist destination with a variety of international cultural and sports mega events taking place throughout the year, Hong Kong offers visitors a multitude of enchanting experiences.

To showcase Hong Kong's unique advantages and dynamic developments, HKETO Berlin set up a booth to promote work and study opportunities in Hong Kong. Visitors were introduced to the "Study in Hong Kong" brand, talent attraction schemes, and mega events to be held in Hong Kong during the second half of the year.

About HKETO Berlin

HKETO Berlin is the official representative of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government in commercial relations and other economic and trade matters in Germany as well as Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Switzerland.

The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Berlin (HKETO Berlin) sponsored the Berlin CityCup dragon boat races held on July 4 (Berlin time). Photo shows the booth set up by HKETO Berlin to promote work and study opportunities in Hong Kong. Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Berlin (HKETO Berlin) sponsored the Berlin CityCup dragon boat races held on July 4 (Berlin time). The Director of HKETO Berlin, Mr Indiana Wong (first right), was pictured with team members of the "Hong Kong Waverunners" formed by paddlers from Germany and Hong Kong recently. Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Berlin sponsored the Berlin CityCup dragon boat races held on July 4 (Berlin time). Photo shows the team called the "Hong Kong Waverunners" (boat No. 1) formed by paddlers from Germany and Hong Kong in a race. Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

Company director sentenced to suspended imprisonment for contravening Employment Ordinance

The director of the Hong Kong Cruise and Yacht Industry Association Limited was prosecuted by the Labour Department (LD) for violating the requirements under the Employment Ordinance (EO). The director pleaded guilty at the Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts today (July 7) and was sentenced to two months' imprisonment suspended for 12 months. The director was also ordered to pay an outstanding sum of about $254,000 to the employee concerned.

The company wilfully and without reasonable excuse contravened the requirements of the EO, failing to pay an employee wages and payment in lieu of notice within seven days after the expiry of the wage periods and the termination of the employment contract, and also failing to pay the awarded sum of about $254,000 to that employee within 14 days after the date set by the Labour Tribunal (LT). The director concerned was prosecuted and convicted for her consent, connivance or neglect in the above offences.

"The ruling will disseminate a strong message to all employers, directors and responsible officers of companies that they have to pay wages, termination payments and sums awarded by the LT or the Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board to employees within the statutory time limit stipulated in the EO," a spokesman for the LD said.

"The LD will not tolerate these offences and will spare no effort in enforcing the law and safeguarding employees' statutory rights," the spokesman added.

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