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+ THE REVISED RATES SHOULD ENABLE AN EMPLOYEE TO RECOVER FULL MEDICAL EXPENSES FROM HIS EMPLOYER IF HE RECEIVES TREATMENT IN A GOVERNMENT OR SUBVENTED HOSPITAL OR TO RECEIVE A REASONABLE SUBSIDY IF HE CHOOSES TO RECEIVE TREATMENT AT PRIVATE HOSPITALS OR FROM PRIVATE DOCTORS,+ MR HENDERSON SAID.
IN ANOTHER RESOLUTION, MR HENDERSON ALSO PROPOSED THAT AN EMPLOYEE'S MINIMUM EARNINGS USED AS THE BASIS FOR CALCULATING COMPENSATION BE RAISED FROM THE PRESENT $600 TO $800.
IN ADDITION, A SEPARATE RESOLUTION AIMED AT RAISING THE MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM LEVELS OF COMPENSATION SPECIFIED IN THE PNEUMOCONIOSIS (COMPENSATION) ORDINANCE FOR DEATH, TOTAL INCAPACITY AND CONSTANT ATTENTION, AND FOR DAILY RATES OF MEDICAL EXPENSES WERE ADOPTED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
THE INCREASES WERE IN LINE WITH THE EQUIVALENT LEVELS STIPULATED IN THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE, MR HENDERSON SAID.
DELEGATION OF POWERS BY DBD CLARIFIED ******
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AD HOC GROUP ON THE BUILDINGS (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1985 HAS PROPOSED THAT IT SHOULD BE SPECIFIED IN A SCHEDULE TO THE ORDINANCE THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO WHICH THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT MAY DELEGATE HIS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, THE HON CHENG HON-KWAN TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING DURING THE RESUMED DEBATE ON THE BILL, MR CHENG SAID THE MORE SERIOUS OF THE GROUP'S TWO POINTS OF CONCERN ABOUT THE BILL WAS THAT IF ENACTED AS IT WAS THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE ABLE TO DELEGATE HIS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS TO ANY GOVERNMENT OFFICERS IN ANY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
+ THE GROUP TAKES THE VIEW THAT THE SCOPE OF DELEGATION SHOULD NOT BE WIDER THAN NECESSARY.
+ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT CURRENTLY DELEGATIONS HAVE TO BE MADE TO OFFICERS IN ONLY FOUR DEPARTMENTS, NAMELY, BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND LANDS DEPARTMENT. IT IS CONSIDERED THAT THESE DEPARTMENTS SHOULD BE SPECIFIED IN THE LEGISLATION,+ HE SAID.
/THE GROUP