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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1992
ON PROVISIONS
PREFERENTIAL REGARDING
CLAIMS
STATUS
RETIREMENT BENEFITS, HE SAID THESE HAD ALSO BEEN MODIFIED TO HOLD EMPLOYER RESPONSIBLE ONLY FOR ANY UNPAID CONTRIBUTIONS DUE FROM HIM.
ANY SHORTFALL ARISING FROM NEGLIGENCE OF SCHEME OTHER FACTORS WOULD ONLY RANK AS GENERAL CLAIMS, HE SAID.
BEFORE THE LEGISLATION PAMPHLETS WILL BE PUBLISHED STATUTORY DUTIES.
IS PUT то HELP
INTO
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
OPERATION,
OF
THE
MANAGERS OR
EXPLANATORY
THEIR
EMPLOYERS UNDERSTAND
BILL TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM UNSAFE TOYS INTRODUCED
SOUGHT то
WAS
THE TOYS AND CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS SAFETY BILL WHICH PROTECT CHILDREN FROM UNSAFE TOYS OR CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
TRADE
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL, THE SECRETARY FOR
IT AN OFFENCE TO AND INDUSTRY, MR T.H. CHAU, SAID THE BILL MADE
OR MANUFACTURE FOR CONSUMPTION IN HONG KONG, TO IMPORT INTO HONG KONG TO SUPPLY IN HONG KONG TOYS AND CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS WHICH DID NOT MEET PRESCRIBED SAFETY STANDARDS OR A GENERAL SAFETY REQUIREMENT.
THE BILL WOULD BE ENFORCED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS EXCISE WHO WOULD ACT UPON.
AND
RECOMMENDATIONS MR CHAU SAID THE BILL WAS BASED LARGELY ON THE
ADOPTION OF OF A WORKING GROUP ON TOY SAFETY, WHICH RECOMMENDED THE
BY THE
THE VOLUNTARY TOY SAFETY STANDARD ESTABLISHED INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF TOY INDUSTRIES.
AND
ACCEPTED UNITED STATES, THE
THE STANDARD IS COMPREHENSIVE, INTERNATIONALLY SIMILAR TO THE SAFETY STANDARDS ADOPTED IN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA.
THE BILL PROPOSES THIS STANDARD BE APPLIED TO ALL TOYS SUPPLIED IN HONG KONG.
IDENTIFIED
THE
APART FROM
WORKING TOYS, MR CHAU SAID THE
GROUP CERTAIN CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS THAT SHOULD ALSO BE CONTROLLED UNDER BILL.
FOR
ESTABLISHED ARE WIDELY
WHILE THERE ARE NO INTERNATIONAL SAFETY STANDARDS CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS, THE GROUP RECOMMENDED THAT STANDARDS BY THE BRITISH STANDARDS INSTITUTION BE ADOPTED AS THEY USED AND HIGHLY REGARDED BY THE INTERNATIONAL TRADING COMMUNITY.
THE BILL HAS A GENERAL SAFETY REQUIREMENT THAT IMPOSES A ON SUPPLIERS TO ENSURE THAT THEIR PRODUCTS ARE REASONABLY SAFE.
DUTY
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