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WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1988
HE SAID MORE PUBLIC EDUCATION WAS NEEDED ΤΟ ENCOURAGE EMPLOYERS TO RECRUIT MORE DISABLED PEOPLE.
"THE FACT THAT EMPLOYERS VARY GREATLY IN THEIR WILLINGNESS TO TAKE ON HANDICAPPED PEOPLE. SHOWS, I BELIEVE, THAT PART OF THE PROBLEM IS STILL DUE TO PREJUDICE ON THE PART OF SOME EMPLOYERS, HE SAID.
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"WE CLEARLY STILL NEED MORE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THIS AREA, HE
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SAID.
MR BRIDGE SAID THE REHABILITATION DEVELOPMENT CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE WOULD CONCENTRATE ON THIS AREA DURING THE COMING YEAR.
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OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE DECLINES
THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON RON BRIDGE, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN DEALING WITH PNEUMOCONIOSIS AN OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE.
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SPEAKING IN THE RESUMED DEBATE ON THE BUDGET, MR BRIDGE NOTED THAT THE INCIDENCE OF THIS DISEASE HAD FALLEN BY TWO THIRDS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
"THIS HAS ENABLED THE COMPENSATION IS FUNDED TO BE REDUCED FROM 0.2 0.05 PER CENT NOW, HE SAID.
LEVY FROM
WHICH PNEUMOCONIOSIS PER CENT IN 1980 TO
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'I SHALL BE SPEAKING IN MORE DETAIL ON THIS POINT LATER THIS
COUNCIL ΤΟ MONTH WHEN 1 MOVE A RESOLUTION IN THIS
REDUCE THE LEVY
STILL FURTHER.
"AGAIN, I FIND IT ENCOURAGING THAT THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ITSELF TOOK THE INITIATIVE IN RECOMMENDING THAT THE SCOPE OF THE FUND SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE PREVENTIVE MEASURES SUCH AS RESEARCH, PUBLICITY AND EDUCATION,' HE SAID.
IN CLARIFYING SOME MISUNDERSTANDINGS RELATING ΤΟ INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT FIGURES, MR BRIDGE SAID THAT A NEW CATEGORY OF "MAJOR ACCIDENT" STATISTICS RECENTLY INTRODUCED WOULD IN DUE COURSE GIVE A MUCH BETTER INDICATOR OF THE REAL TREND OF SERIOUS ACCIDENTS.
/HOWEVER, HE