Employment Ordinance

For the purposes of this section, in the case of a specified employee
                        who was employed under a continuous contract otherwise than by way of manual
                        labour and whose average monthly wages during the period of 12 months
                        immediately preceding the commencement date of the Employment (Amendment)
                        Ordinance 1990 (
41 of 1990
) exceed $15,000, a
                        reference to the employee’s pre-transition employment period does not
                        include any period of the employment falling before 1 January
                        1980.”.