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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1975.
MORE FLEXIBILITY IN ALLOCATION OF ESTATE FLATS
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THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT HAS ADOPTED MORE FLEXIBLE AND CENTRALISED ARRANGEMENTS FOR ALLOCATING FLATS RESERVED FOR PEOPLE IN VARIOUS ELIGIBILITY CATEGORIES.
THIS IS PART OF "THE DEPARTMENT'S EFFORT TO KEEP THE VACANCIES TO A MINIMUM AND SHOULD HELP IN IDENTIFYING RESERVED FLATS AVAILABLE FOR RE-ALLOCATION, THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING, THE HON. IAN LIGHTBODY TOLD LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
HE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN WHO WANTED TO KNOW WHAT PLANS THERE WERE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF THESE VACANT FLATS WHICH ARE A POTENTIAL LOSS IN REVENUE.
MR. LIGHTBODY SAID HE HAD PREVIOUSLY EXPLAINED THAT THE RESERVATONS HAVE TO BE MADE TO MEET VARIOUS REHOUSING COMMITMENTS, AND HE HAD GAVE AN ASSURANCE THAT THEY WOULD BE CAREFULLY WATCHED TO ENSURE THAT ANY EMPTY UNITS NOT NEEDED DECAUSE OF CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD BE ALLOCATED WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY.
THE NEW SYSTEM 13 STILL SETTLING DOWN AND WOULD DEMONSTRATE ITS FULL CAPABILITIES IN THE NEXT FEW MONTIS, HE SAID,
HE NOTED THAT THE LESS THAN 8,000 FLATS STANDING VACANT TODAY HAD ALREADY BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED FROM THE FIGURE OF 11,000 MENTIONED BY MR. CHEONG-LEEN IN LIIS QUESTION.
NEW RULES FOR REPORTING INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS
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THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY APPROVED NEW REGULATIONS TO MADE BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, THE HON. IAN PRICE PROVIDE A STANDARD PROCEDURE FOR THE REPORTING OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS.
THE NEW REGULATIONS STREAMLINE THE FORMER REPORTING PROCEDURES UNDER WHICH TWO SEPARATE WRITTEN REPORTS OF AN ACCIDENT TO AN INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYEE WERE REQUIRED TO BE MADE TO TWO SEPARATE UNITS OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT UNDER TWO DIFFERENT ORDINANCES.
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UNDER THE NEW REGULATIONS THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1975 IN THE CASE OF THE DEATH OF, OR SERIOUS BODILY INJURY TO, AN INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYEE EITHER A WRITTEN OR ORAL REPORT MUST BE MADE WITHIN 24 HOURS TO A FACTORY INSPECTOR.
IF AN ORAL REPORT IS MADE IT MUST BE FOLLOWED BY A WRITTEN REPORT UNDER SECTION 15 OF THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ORDINANCE WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF THE ACCIDENT.
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FATALITIES, AS PREVIOUSLY, MUST ALSO BE REPORTED TO THE POLICE WITHIN 24 HOURS.
A LEAFLET WILL BE ISSUED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TO INFORM FACTORY PROPRIETORS AND OTHER EMPLOYERS OF THEIR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE NEW REGULATIONS, WHICH WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE FROM APRIL 1, 1975.
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