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In order to correct the imbalance between
and to reduce accumulated
income and expenditure
reserves, the Board has recommended
to the Government
that the current 0.15 per cent rate of levy be further
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reduced to 0.05 per cent.
purpose of this
resolution is to put the Board's recommendation into
effect.
Both Mr HO Sai chu and Dr CHIU Hin Kwong have
previously suggested that some part of the funds
available to the Board might be devoted to education,
publicity and research in connection with prevention of
the disease. The Board is now consulting the Building
Contractors' Association and the Hong Kong Contract
Quarry Association on this suggestion. Subject to
to the
favourable outcome of these consultations,
due
course
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amend the
introduce proposals to
(Compensation) Ordinance to enable the
Board to undertake these additional activities.
The trend of income and expenditure and the
level of reserves will, of course, continue to be kept
under review and further adjustments to the rate of levy
will be proposed as appropriate.
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