FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1993
"THE CAUSE OF THE SUDDEN SURGE IN AMMONIA CONTENT IN THE RAW WATER HAS NOT YET BEEN ASCERTAINED AT THE MOMENT BUT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ORIGINATED FROM SOMEWHERE TRANSFER TREATMENT WORKS.
AQUEDUCT BETWEEN
ALONG THE LONG
LENGTH OF THE PLOVER COVE RESERVOIR AND PAK KONG
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE DEPARTMENT WAS CLOSELY MONITORING THE SITUATION TO ENSURE THAT THE QUALITY OF THE WATER SUPPLIED TO THE CONSUMERS WAS SATISFACTORY AT ALL TIMES.
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NEW SCHEMES TO BENEFIT PNEUMOCONIOTICS
AN IMPROVED
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PROVIDE
ΤΟ HAND
SAID YAU,
COMPENSATION PACKAGE IS NOW IN CONTINUED SUPPORT TO PNEUMOCONIOSIS SUFFERERS, THE PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MRS CARRIE (FRIDAY),
TODAY
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE, MRS YAU SAID THE PNEUMOCONIOSIS
WHICH (COMPENSATION) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1993,
INCLUDED A PROPOSED PNEUMOCONIOSIS COMPENSATION SCHEME (PCS) FOR SUCH PATIENTS DIAGNOSED AFTER 1981. HAD BEEN ENDORSED BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL AND WAS GAZETTED TODAY.
то SHE SAID THE GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO PROVIDE FURTHER RELIEF THE SUFFERERS BECAUSE THEIR HEALTH SUBSEQUENTLY DETERIORATE AFTER RECEIVING COMPENSATION, EITHER IN A LUMP SUM OR BY TWO INSTALMENTS, FOLLOWING THE ENACTMENT OF THE PNEUMOCONTOSIS (COMPENSATION) ORDINANCE (PCO) IN 1981.
IMPROVEMENTS
ΤΟ
THE
THE NEW SCHEME WILL MAKE A NUMBER OF BENEFITS A PNEUMOCONIOTIC MAY RECEIVE, MRS YAU SAID.
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"THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IS ΤΟ INTRODUCE MONTHLY COMPENSATION PAYMENTS PAYABLE UNTIL A PNEUMOCONIOTIC'S DEATH.
THIS ARRANGEMENT WILL PROVIDE A SOURCE OF CONTINUED SUPPORT THE PNEUMOCONIOTICS, SHE ADDED.
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PACKAGE,
MRS YAU SAID IN ORDER TO FINANCE THE NEW COMPENSATION THE RATE OF LEVY ON THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION, AND QUARRYING INDUSTRIES WOULD BE RAISED FROM 0.02 PER CENT TO 0.3 PER CENT OF THE VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS EXCEEDING $1 MILLION AND OF QUARRY PRODUCTS IN 1993.
1994 SAID.
"A FURTHER INCREASE TO 0.4 OR 0.45 PER CENT MAY BE REQUIRED IN DEPENDING ON THE ACTUAL PATTERN OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURE, SHE
WITH REGARD TO PNEUMOCONTOTICS DIAGNOSED BEFORE 1981, MRS YAU SAID A NEW EX-GRATIA SCHEME WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF FUNDS BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
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