10
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1991
OF
WILL
OUR ECONOMIC PROSPECTS HAVE IMPROVED, AND THE OVERALL RATE GROWTH HAS PICKED UP. THIS IS ENCOURAGING. THE GOVERNMENT
A COMPETITIVE MAINTAIN ITS TRIED-AND-TESTED FORMULA FOR PROSPERITY:
LOW MARKET ECONOMY, WITH
TAXES AND MINIMAL RED TAPE, IN WHICH PROTECTION OF THE COMMUNITY'S INTERESTS DOES NOT HINDER OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFITABLE BUSINESS GROWTH.
PROGRAMMES.
THE
AND
IN
THE
IN
THE
WE MUST
ENTERS THE GOVERNMENT
THE NEW YEAR DETERMINED TO MEET CHALLENGES OF PLANNING FOR THE TERRITORY'S FUTURE WELL-BEING FIRMLY COMMITTED TO ITS SOCIAL AND INVESTMENT COMING YEAR, WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING FURTHER ADVANCES WELFARE FIELD, PARTICULARLY IN PROGRAMMES FOR THE DISABLED. ALSO STRENGTHEN OUR EFFORTS TO FIGHT CRIME AND KEEP OUR AND WE MUST BUILD FOR THE LONGER TERM FUTURE BY MOVING AHEAD WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR NEW AIRPORT AND WITH OUR INVESTMENT IN BETTER TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE.
1991 SAW
CITY SAFE.
STEADILY
A
EVOLUTION
OF A LEGISLATIVE MAJORITY.
OUR
IN
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT, FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE HAVE
ALL COUNCIL WITH DIRECTLY ELECTED MEMBERS AND AN ELECTED MEMBERS
THE OF
PLAY THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE AN IMPORTANT PART TO
MAINTAIN EFFORTS THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY MAKE TO
PROSPERITY AND WELL-BEING OF HONG KONG AND ITS PEOPLE.
THE
AS WE STAND ON THE THRESHOLD OF 1992, MY FAMILY AND I WISH OF YOU A PEACEFUL, HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR."
ALL
HIGHER COMPENSATION FOR INJURED WORKERS
*
ON OR
COMPENSATION WILL GO UP BY ABOUT 28 PER CENT FOR EMPLOYEES
BY PNEUMOCONIOSIS INJURED OR KILLED AT WORK OR INCAPACITATED AFTER TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).
TODAY
LATEST
ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR ALFRED CHAN, SAID (TUESDAY) THE NEW LEVELS OF COMPENSATION ARE STIPULATED IN THE
ΤΟ AMENDMENTS
THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION AND PNEUMOCONIOSIS (COMPENSATION) ORDINANCES.
"THE INCREASES HAVE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WAGE MOVEMENTS, INFLATION AND OTHER CHANGES OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, MR CHAN ADDED.
COMPENSATION TO DEPENDANTS OF EMPLOYEES KILLED IN WORK $183,000 AS A ACCIDENTS WILL INCREASE TO $542,000 AS A MAXIMUM, AND MINIMUM.
FOR WORKERS SUFFERING PERMANENT TOTAL INCAPACITY, THEIR
ΤΟ $620,000 MAXIMUM COMPENSATION WILL BE RAISED
WHILE THE MINIMUM WILL GO UP TO $207,000. THE ALLOWANCE
CONSTANT REQUIRING ATTENTION WILL RISE TO $248,000.
FOR
THOSE
/ALSO BURIAL