THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1992
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IN TERMS OF NET PREMIUM INCOME, MOTOR BUSINESS TOOK THE LEAD (30 PER CENT), FOLLOWED (22 PER CENT) AND GENERAL LIABILITY (17 PER CENT).
VEHICLE INSURANCE PROPERTY DAMAGE
THE AVERAGE NET CLAIMS RATIO OF HONG KONG GENERAL BUSINESS OF THE FISCAL YEAR 1990 WAS 57 PER CENT. HIGHER THAN AVERAGE RATIOS WERE EXPERIENCED IN NON-PROPORTIONAL TREATY (219 PER CENT), SHIPS (105 PER CENT), PROPORTIONAL TREATY 166 PER CENT), PECUNIARY LOSS 163 PER CENT), MOTOR VEHICLE AND GENERAL LIABILITY (BOTH 61 PER CENT),
AND ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE (59 PER CENT).
GOODS IN TRANSIT, PROPERTY DAMAGE AND ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE BUSINESS ACHIEVED OVERALL PROFITABLE UNDERWRITING RESULTS.
AN OVERALL UNDERWRITING LOSS OF $219 MILLION WAS REPORTED FOR ALL CLASSES.
THE TOTAL TECHNICAL RESERVES MADE BY AUTHORISED INSURERS IN RESPECT OF THEIR HONG KONG GENERAL BUSINESS AMOUNTED ΤΟ $4,878 MILLION, REPRESENTING 89 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL NET PREMIUMS.
AS REGARDS HONG KONG MARKET STATISTICS IN RESPECT OF LONG TERM BUSINESS, THOSE FOR THE YEAR 1991 ARE IN THE COURSE OF COLLECTION IT IS EXPECTED THAT THEY WILL BE RELEASED LATER THIS YEAR.
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THREE-PRONGED APPROACH TAKEN TO MANAGE STUDENT PROBLEMS
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT (ED) HAS EMBARKED ON A THREE-PRONGED APPROACH TO MANAGE STUDENT PROBLEMS.
"THIS STRATEGY EMPHASISES THE IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTIVE MEASURES THROUGH COMMUNICATION AMONG TEACHERS, PARENTS AND STUDENTS," A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD, SINCE 1988, PRODUCED BOOKLETS FOR PARENTS ON HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH OBSERVATION AND INTERACTION.
THESE BOOKLETS ON GOOD PARENTING ARE FOR PARENTS STUDYING IN KINDERGARTEN, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
OF CHILDREN
"THESE PUBLICATIONS FOR PARENTS HAVE NOW BEEN AUGMENTED BY A NEW COLOURED LEAFLET WHICH DRAWS THEIR ATTENTION TO THE NEED OF GIVING CARE AND SUPPORT TO THEIR CHILDREN AND HELPING THEM FACE FRUSTRATION AND HANDLE STRESS POSITIVELY AND REALISTICALLY," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
TEACHERS, HE SAID, HAD BEEN ATTENDING SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS ON SUBJECTS SUCH AS HELPING STUDENTS COPE WITH STRESS, COMMUNICATION SKILLS, AND APPROACHES TO STUDENTS IN CRISIS.
THESE SEMINARS BEGAN IN JUNE LAST YEAR. LAST MONTH, ANOTHER SERIES WERE HELD ON THE PREVENTION OF STUDENT SUICIDES, WITH TEACHER- PARTICIPANTS BEING GIVEN A COPY OF GUIDELINES ON PREVENTIVE MEASURES.
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