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SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1987

IT IS ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT 350 PATIENTS WILL BENEFIT EACH YEAR WITH THE INSTALLATION OF THIS NEW SYSTEM.

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THE ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND SYSTEM 13 BEING USED IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DISEASES WITHOUT RESORTING SURGICAL OPENING OR THE USE OF X-RAY.

AS THE TREATMENT METHOD IS RADIATION-FREE AND NON-INVASIVE, IS CONSIDERED TO BE SUPERIOR TO OTHERS IN TERMS OF BENEFITS PATIENTS, SAVINGS IN OPERATING THEATRE HOURS AND DURATION PATIENT'S STAY.

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ABOUT 300 TESTS AND EXAMINATIONS CAN BE HANDLED BY THIS NEW SYSTEM EACH YEAR.

EMPLOYERS REMINDED OF COMPULSORY INSURANCE POLICY LAW

A WOMAN OPERATOR OF A RESTAURANT WHO FAILED то TAKE OUT INSURANCE POLICIES FOR HER TWO EMPLOYEES, WAS FINED $5,000 KOWLOON MAGISTRACY RECENTLY.

THIS WAS THE HIGHEST FINE IMPOSED ON SIMILAR OFFENCES.

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UNDER THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE, ALL EMPLOYERS REQUIRED ΤΟ TAKE OUT INSURANCE POLICIES TO COVER THEIR FULL LIABILITIES FOR COMPENSATION FOR INJURIES AND DEATH SUSTAINED BY HIS EMPLOYEES AS A RESULT OF ACCIDENT AT WORK.

THIS IS ΤΟ ENSURE

COMPENSATION TO WHICH HE IS

DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

THAT AN INJURED EMPLOYEE WOULD OBTAIN ENTITLED ΤΟ UNDER THE LAW, A LABOUR

THE ORDINANCE ALSO STIPULATES THAT EMPLOYERS MUST BEAR THE FULL COST OF THEIR INSURANCE POLICIES AND ARE NOT ALLOWED то DEDUCT THE COST FROM THE EARNINGS OF THEIR EMPLOYEES, HE ADDED.

THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT DURING THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, THE DEPARTMENT TOOK OUT 42 PROSECUTIONS UNDER THE VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE AGAINST EMPLOYERS RESULTING IN A TOTAL FINE OF MORE THAN $37,000.

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