WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1989
"THIS PROPOSAL TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE INCREASES SINCE 1987 IN FEES CHARGED BY GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND CLINICS, AND THE FACT THAT INJURED EMPLOYEES HAVING TO RECEIVE MORE THAN ONE MEDICAL TREATMENT DAY ARE CHARGED FOR EACH TREATMENT, HE SAID.
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IT WAS ALSO PROPOSED TO RAISE, UNDER THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE, THE MAXIMUM PAYMENTS ΤΟ BE MADE BY AN EMPLOYER TOWARDS THE COSTS OF SUPPLYING AND FITTING A PROSTHESIS OR A SURGICAL APPLIANCE, AND FOR THEIR REPAIR OR RENEWAL.
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"THE PRESENT AMOUNTS, $14,000 AND $43,000, ARE TO BE INCREASED TO $16,000 AND $50,000 IN THE LIGHT OF ACTUAL INCREASES IN COSTS, HE SAID.
MR YEUNG SAID ALL THE PROPOSALS HAD BEEN ENDORSED BY THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD.
ENHANCED PROTECTION FOR STATISTICAL DATA SOUGHT * * * * *
A BILL SEEKING TO EXTEND THE PROVISIONS IN THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS ORDINANCE FOR PROTECTING THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF DATA SUPPLIED BY COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUALS AND FOR REGULATING THE CONDUCT OF SURVEY ENUMERATORS TO COVER VOLUNTARY STATISTICAL SURVEYS, WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS (AMENDMENT) BL 1989, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, THE HON ANSON CHAN, SAID THE EXISTING ORDINANCE PROVIDED A GENERAL STATUTORY BACKING ONLY FOR MANDATORY STATISTICAL SURVEYS THAT WERE CARRIED OUT BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
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MRS CHAN SAID DATA PROTECTION AND THE REGULATION ENUMERATORS INVOLVED IN VOLUNTARY STATISTICAL SURVEYS HAD TO RELY ON ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES MAINLY THROUGH THE OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT.
"THIS IS NOT SATISFACTORY.
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*THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ARE INTENDED TO ENHANCE THE PUBLIC'S CONFIDENCE IN SUPPLYING INFORMATION TO SURVEYS CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT SUCH INFORMATION WILL BE PROTECTED IN THE SAME WAY AS FOR MANDATORY SURVEYS, SHE SAID.
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MRS CHAN ADDED THAT CERTAIN PROVISIONS IN THE ORDINANCE GOVERNING THE CONDUCT OF MANDATORY SURVEYS WOULD NOT, HOWEVER, DE EXTENDED TO COVER VOLUNTARY SURVEYS.
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