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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1987
DR CHIU ALSO NOTED THAT THE BILL WAS
INTRODUCED
AS
A RESULT
OF A PROPOSAL HE MADE IN THE COUNCIL LAST YEAR TO EXTEND THE SCOPE OF THE BOARD'S ACTIVITIES TO INCLUDE MEASURES TO PREVENT PNEUMOCONIOSIS.
ALSO SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL, THE HON HO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PNEUMOCONIOSIS COMPENSATION FUND PNEUMOCONIOSIS MUST BE PREVENTED BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE.
SAI-CHU, WHO BOARD, SAID
HE SAID MORE WORK SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE ON PREVENTIVE MEASURES.
"MERELY PAYING OUT
COMPENSATION TO THOSE
KEEP
WHO HAVE ALREADY FALLEN VICTIM TO THE DISEASE, WILL NOT, IN THE LONG RUN, HELP TO THE DISEASE UNDER CONTROL, HE NOTED.
"
#1 MILLION ON EXPENDITURE THE HIGHER
ON THE PROPOSED LIMIT OF THE ANNUAL EXPENDITURE OF FOR PREVENTIVE WORK, MR HO SAID SOME FORM OF CONTROL
FEEL MIGHT
CONCERNED THAT INDUSTRY WAS NEEDED AS THE EXPENDITURE WOULD EVENTUALLY LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN THE LEVY.
HOWEVER,
HE
POINTED
OUT
THAT
EXPENDITURE
NOT
BE
SHOULD AFFECTED BECAUSE OF ANY CONSTRAINTS IN THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.
MR HO THEREFORE
HOPED THAT
THE
REVIEWS OF
THE CEILING ON ANNUAL
BOARD WOULD MAKE PERIODIC
THE LIGHT IN EXPENDITURE
OF
REQUIREMENTS.
DEBATE,
THE
THEM
WINDING UP THE MANPOWER, THE HON RON BRIDGE THANKED DR SUPPORT FOR THE BILL AND ASSURED LIMITATIONS ON EXPENDITURE ON RESEARCH BOARD.
FOR EDUCATION AND SECRETARY
CHIU AND MR HO FOR THEIR THAT THEIR VIEWS ABOUT THE WOULD BE PASSED ON TO THE
BILL IMPROVES CONVEYANCING, PROPERTY LAW
EXPERIENCE SHOWS THERE IS SCOPE FOR IMPROVING THE LAW RELATING THE HON MICHAEL TO CONVEYANCING AND PROPERTY, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THOMAS, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MOVING THE SECOND READING
OF THE
{ AMENDMENT) BILL 1987, MR THOMAS ENACTED IN 1984.
CONVEYANCING AND PROPERTY SAID THE PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE WAS
BE A USEFUL HE SAID THAT MAJOR PIECE OF LAW REFORM PROVED TO
"EXPERIENCE MEASURE BUT AS WAS EXPECTED AT THE TIME OF ITS ENACTMENT, HAS SHOWN THAT THERE IS
FOR
IMPROVEMENT EXPANSION, SCOPE REFINEMENT OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE.
AND
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