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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1987
COMPENSATION FOR PNEUMOCONIOSIS REVISED
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THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) APPROVED A RESOLUTION TO REVISE AND UPDATE THE MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM LEVELS OF COMPENSATION SPECIFIED IN THE PNEUMOCONIOSIS (COMPENSATION) ORDINANCE FOR DEATH, TOTAL PERMANENT INCAPACITY AND CONSTANT ATTENTION, AND FOR DAILY RATES OF MEDICAL EXPENSES.
ALL THESE LEVELS WERE THE SAME AS THE EQUIVALENT LEVELS UNDER THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON RON BRIDGE, SAID IN INTRODUCING THE RESOLUTION.
IT WAS THEREFORE PROPOSED THAT THESE LEVELS BE INCREASED IN LINE WITH THE EQUIVALENT LEVELS IN THE EMPLOYEES * COMPENSATION ORDINANCE, AS PROVIDED FOR IN A RESOLUTION WHICH HE HAD MOVED EARLIER IN THE MEETING.
SCIENCE PARK/TECHNOLOGY CENTRE PROPOSAL TO BE STUDIED
THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT COMMITTEE OF THE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD (IDB) IS EXPECTED TO SUBMIT ITS RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SCIENCE PARK/TECHNOLOGY CENTRE IN HONG KONG BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR, THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, THE HON K. Y. YEUNG, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON C. K. POON, MR YEUNG SAID THE IDB HAD ONLY LAST MONTH ADVISED THAT THE IDEA OF SETTING UP A SCIENCE PARK/TECHNOLOGY CENTRE IN HONG KONG MERITED DETAILED
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'ACCORDINGLY, THE COMMITTEE WILL SHORTLY INVESTIGATE TO WHAT EXTENT A SCIENCE PARK/TECHNOLOGY CENTRE WOULD BENEFIT HONG KONG, WHAT ITS OBJECTIVES SHOULD BE, WHAT MODEL WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IN OUR CIRCUMSTANCES, AND WHAT LOGISTICAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS WOULD BE REQUIRED."
SCREENING PROCEDURES BEING WORKED OUT
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THE GOVERNMENT IS STILL WORKING OUT THE PROCEDURES TO BE ADOPTED FOR THE SCREENING OF NEW ARRIVALS FROM VIETNAM, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON DAVID JEAFFRESON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR JEAFFRESON WAS MAKING A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON RITA FAN.
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