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permanent incapacity of not more
the
than five per cent, without recourse to courts except in fatal cases. This objective is largely achieved. In the small proportion of cases which are disputed, the administering authority provides
provides practical assistance to the courts. Deqal aid is available to the injured employees who have passed the means test.
All employees are covered by the ordinance. With effect from 6 October 1988, the ordinance also applies to employees employed in Hong Kong by local employers and who are injured on duty while working outside Hong Kong.
Details of the number and nature of employees' compensation cases reported and settled during the year, and of the total amount of compensation involved, are contained in the annual reports of the Commissioner for Labour, which are regularly forwarded to the ILO by the Labour Department of Hong Kong.
As only benefits in cash are required by law, there is no record of the provision of any benefits in kind. There are no comprehensive statistics on the cost of application of the ordinance.
QUESTION VI
Copies of this report have been sent to the Labour Advisory Board on which employers' organisations and trade unions are represented and, through the United Kingdom Department of Employment, to the Confederation of British Industry and the Trade Union Congress of Great Britain. No observations regarding the application of this convention in Hong Kong have been received from any organisations of employers or workers during the period under review.
HONG KONG August 1989
Harold W. H. KWOK COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR