The police clear way for strike hit buses.

Police were called at about 6 a.m yesterday yo clear members of the Singapore's Bus Drivers Union from the gate of the Hock Lee Almalga- mated Bus Company's Depot in Alexandra Road.

The workers,who were sacked by the company on Sunday, were stopping each bus and urging the crew to stop work in sympathy.The present crew belong to the rival Hock Lee Bus Employees' Union.

  Police intervened after five or six buses had been stopped.They cleared a path without incident. Thirty eight of the seventy buses were then taken on the road.

The union members however continued their attempts to get the bus crew to stop workny picketing main bus stops.Their posters asked for public co-operation
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                      100 busmen lose their jobs

One hundred drivers and conductors of the Hock Lee Almaga - mated Bus Company took the day off yesterday after the management had refused to give them leave to attend a meeting of their union - the Singapore's Worker's Union.

    This incident is decidedly a case of mass resignation. The bus drivers of the Rival Hock Lee Workers Union have resumed their work.The spokesman says " We refuse to grant leave because our rules insist on 48 hours notice for any form of leave."
A spokesman for the workers said the company started the rival union to split the workers.They divided the workers into 2 different sections and those who would not grumble or strike fpor better wages were members of the Hock Lee Bus Workers Union.

   "We asked for a day's leave. They purposely refused us to grant us a day off.It was necessary  for us to attend a meeting of our union to consider better conditions of service.' the spokesman said.