HKR 011/3
- 6 MAY 1986
T
AB A8615
SPEECH BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER
LEGISLATIVE, COURCIL 23.4.86
neumoconiosis Compensation (Amendment) Bill 1986
Sir,
Dr. Chiu supports the (Amendment) Bill as far as it
goes, and I am grateful for this support. He also urges the
Government to consider further amendments to the Pneumoconiosis
(Compensation) Ordinance to allow a proportion of the Fund's levy
income to be spent on education and publicity to encourage workers
in high-risk industries to take protective measures against the
danger of contracting pneumoconiosis.
Ordinance.
This is at first sight an attractive suggestion, and
indeed has been made previously in this Council by the Hon. HO Sai-chu
on 4th December 1985, in connection with a proposal to reduce the
rate of the levy imposed under the Pneumoconiosis (Compensation)
On that occasion I pointed out that the arrangements
made for compensating victims of pneumoconiosis should not be
viewed in isolation but should be seen in their context as an
aspect of employees' compensation generally. Under the Employees'
Compensation Ordinance, an employer is required to pay a specified
sum, or a determined percentage of that sum, by way of compensation.
He is not in addition subject to a levy to finance educational and
publicity activities to promote industrial health and safety.
the case of pneumoconiosis employers are held collectively responsible
In
/for compensation
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