WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1990
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BILL SEEKING TO EXTEND PROTECTION OF
WORKERS' SAFETY AND HEALTH PASSED
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THE FACTORIES
AND
INDUSTRIAL
UNDERTAKINGS
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BILL
UNDERTAKINGS 1990, WHICH SEEKS TO EXTEND THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL
CATERING ESTABLISHMENTS ORDINANCE TO THE CATERING TRADE BY INCLUDING WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF AN INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKING, WAS PASSED IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE
THE ORDINANCE, WHICH PROTECTS THE SAFETY AND HEALTH OF WORKERS, NOT RESTAURANTS NOW COVERS FACTORIES AND CONSTRUCTION SITES ONLY BUT AND OTHER CATERING ESTABLISHMENTS.
SUPPORTING THE BILL, THE THANKING THE HON TAM YIU-CHUNG FOR SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON K.Y. YEUNG, POINTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD SPARE NO EFFORT IN ENCOURAGING THE CATERING TRADE TO ADOPT SAFE PRACTICES.
"I AM SURE THAT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL BE TO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THE STRONG SUPPORT OF THE TRADE
HE ADDED. THEIR EFFORT TO PROMOTE SAFETY AT WORK,
THE LABOUR
OUT WORKERS IN
VERY ENCOURAGED UNIONS BEHIND
SAID SINCE 1987
DEPARTMENT MR YEUNG ENCOURAGING AND HELPING BOTH EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES TO FORM SAFETY COMMITTEES ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS, AND IT WOULD SO.
BEEN IN-PLANT CONTINUE ΤΟ
HAD
DO
"WE WOULD LIKE TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE
OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY ON THE PROMOTION
BEFORE CONSIDERING
HE SAID. THEIR FORMATION SHOULD BE MADE COMPULSORY,
COMMITTEES WHETHER
I
NO GOVT PLAN FOR TAX RELIEF FOR MORTGAGE INTEREST PAYMENTS
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PROVIDE TAX RELIEF THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO PLANS AT PRESENT TO FOR INTEREST PAYMENTS ON MORTGAGE OF OWNER-OCCUPIED PREMISES.
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON SIR PIERS JACOBS, SAID THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON DAVID LI IN TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SIR PIERS SAID THE POTENTIAL COST WOULD BE HIGH.
OF SUCH PLANS TO REVENUE
WITH
"MORTGAGES ARE LONG-TERM AND THE ROLL-OVER EFFECT COUPLED AN UPWARD MOVEMENT IN HOUSE PRICES COULD PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT LONG-TERM REVENUE LOSSES, HE SAID.
/NOTING THAT