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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1993
THE BILL WOULD ENABLE THE ADOPTION IN HONG KONG OF THE EUROPEAN FOR DIESEL OF NO MORE THAN 0.2 PER CENT OF SULPHUR CONTENT
STANDARD PUEL.
"THIS WILL CLEAR THE WAY FOR A REQUIREMENT, IN APRIL 1995, THAT ALL NEW DIESEL ENGINES CONFORM TO HIGHER EMISSION STANDARDS,' SAID.
MR KWAN
HE SAID THE INTRODUCTION OF HIGHER QUALITY DIESEL WOULD THE SULPHUR DIOXIDE EMISSIONS FROM DIESEL VEHICLES BY UP TO CENT AND THE
OF THE EUROPEAN STANDARD WOULD ADOPTION POLLUTANTS SUCH AS PARTICULATES AND NITROGEN DIOXIDE.
"THIS
CUT
MEASURES
REDUCE 40 PER OTHER
IN THE MORE IN A
A AND
MEASURE, TOGETHER WITH OTHER CONTROL PIPELINE,
AS SUCH
HIGHER PENALTIES FOR SMOKY VEHICLES STRINGENT INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAMME, SHOULD RESULT SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN AIR QUALITY IN THE URBAN AREAS,
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
"I
HE SAID.
HIGHER COMPENSATION FOR INJURED WORKERS
THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR W K LAM, MOVED TWO MOTIONS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) ΤΟ REVISE THE LEVELS OF COMPENSATION UNDER THE EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION ORDINANCE AND THE PNEUMOCONIOSIS (COMPENSATION) ORDINANCE RESPECTIVELY.
MR LAM SAID THESE LEVELS WERE REVISED EVERY TWO YEARS TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF WAGE MOVEMENTS, INFLATION AND OTHER CHANGES.
"THE REVISED RATES WILL BE EFFECTIVE AS FROM JANUARY 1, 1994,"
HE ADDED.
UNDER THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE, THE MINIMUM LEVELS OF COMPENSATION FOR DEATH WILL BE INCREASED FROM $183,000 TO $219,000, AND FOR PERMANENT TOTAL INCAPACITY FROM $207,000 TO $248,000.
WILL
THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION FOR CARE AND ATTENTION BE REVISED FROM $248,000 TO $297,000, WHICH IS IN LINE WITH THE INCREASE IN NOMINAL WAGES IN THE PAST TWO YEARS.
THE CEILING OF TWO OTHER ITEMS OF COMPENSATION WILL
ALSO BE
RAISED.
EXPENSES EMPLOYER
INCLUDE INCREASING THE COMPENSATION FOR BURIAL FROM $10,000 TO $12,000; AND INCREASING THE PAYMENTS BY AN TOWARDS THE COSTS OF SUPPLYING AND FITTING A PROSTHESIS OR A SURGICAL APPLIANCE FROM $20,000 TO $24,000, AND FOR ITS REPAIR AND RENEWAL FROM $62,000 TO $74,000 RESPECTIVELY.
THE MAXIMUM
DAILY REIMBURSEMENT OF MEDICAL EXPENSES WILL BE
RAISED FROM $90 TO $120.
/FOR CALCULATING
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