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Wednesday, October 17, 1973
Some progress has been made this year with industrial safety
regulations, but there is a long way to go and the rate of industrial accidents
remains alarmingly high.
success.
The introduction of the Labour Tribunal, has proved an immediate
The principal piece of labour legislation we propose for this
session is a major addition to the Ordinance to provide for severance payments
to workers whose services are terminated through no fault of their own,
Before leaving the subject of labour, I would like to apologise
for the delay in setting up the Hong Kong Training Council, to continue the
valuable work started by its predecessor, the Industrial Training Advisory
Committee. The Council is now established and faces a major challonge.
I am sure that it will meet it.
New Territories
And now a word about the New Territories.
I am conscious of the
concern of some Honourable Members that the Government should be more even
handed as between the urban areas and the New Territories in the programmos
it undertakes. This concern reflects the views of the Heung Yee Kuk.
The large social programmes, housing, education, medical services
and social welfare, will of course benefit the New Territories as much as,
or even more than the old urban areas, and will contribute substantially to the
standard of life and amenities in the New Territories.
/But the
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