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Commissioner for Labour:- The only legal requirement is for
insuance cover for workmen's compensation protecting the
empolyees; there is no legal requirement for third party
insurance, but in fact, as I have said, nearly all contractors
have it, and the number of accidents affecting the public is
in fact very very small. If such an incident does occur,
of course it does attract maximum publicity, but the number of
such incidents is very small indeed. In most years there has
been no injury affecting the public and only one year out of
the last six years have the public been affected when two
people were injured in one year.
Mr. Carl Tong:- Would Government consider looking into whether
a certain limit is put or certain upper amount is put to ensure
carry adequate public insurance?
that contractors
do
Commissioner for Laoubr:- In view of the very small number
of such incidents, and I have never heard of any case, and I
understand that Secretary for Lands and Works hasn't heard of
any either, where the lack of such insurance has caused any
practical problem, it seems to me that there is no real need
for such legal requirement at present.