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FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1994
THE AGENCY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1990 FOR CERTIFYING THE COMPLIANCE WITH THE "ISO 9000" SERIES OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT STANDARDS FOR LOCAL MANUFACTURERS.
ISO 9000 CERTIFICATION IS GENERALLY REGARDED AS PROOF OF QUALITY CAPABILITIES AND IS BECOMING A PREREQUISITE FOR HONG KONG MANUFACTURERS IN THE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE AND QUALITY-CONSCIOUS LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL MARKETS.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID ADDING THE AGENCY TO THE LIST OF PUBLIC BODIES SPECIFIED IN THE SCHEDULE WOULD INCREASE THE PUBLIC'S CONFIDENCE IN THE AGENCY AS A CORRUPTION-FREE PUBLIC ORGANISATION.
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EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION LAW GAZETTED
THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1994, WHICH WAS INTO LAW IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY (JULY 6),
BECAME EFFECTIVE TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE AMENDMENT ORDINANCE WAS GAZETTED TODAY.
UNDER THE AMENDMENT ORDINANCE, AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT WHILE TRAVELLING BETWEEN HIS PLACE OF RESIDENCE AND HIS PLACE OF WORK WHEN TYPHOON SIGNAL NO. 8 OR ABOVE, OR RED OR BLACK RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL, IS ISSUED, WILL BE ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION.
SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S FMPLOYEES COMPENSATION DIVISION, MR CHOW CHEUNG-FAT, SAID AN EMPLOYEE SEEKING COMPENSATION FOR PERSONAL INJURY BY ACCIDENT IN SUCH ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS MUST, AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, BE TRAVELLING FROM HIS PLACE OF RESIDENCE TO HIS PLACE OF WORK BY A DIRECT ROUTE WITHIN A PERIOD OF FOUR HOURS BEFORE THE TIME OF COMMENCEMENT OF HIS WORKING HOURS FOR THAT DAY, OR FROM HIS PLACE OF WORK TO HIS PLACE OF RESIDENCE WITHIN A PERIOD OF FOUR HOURS AFTER THE TIME OF CESSATION OF HIS WORKING HOURS FOR THAT DAY.
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"WHERE A DISPUTE ARISES AS TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES GIVING RISE TO THE ACCIDENT, THE COMPENSATION CASE WILL BE DECIDED BY THE COURT, HE ADDED.
PUBLIC ENQUIRIES ON THE AMENDMENT ORDINANCE CAN BE MADE TO THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AT 717 1771.
BANK LICENCE REVOKED
(FRIDAY)
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY
THAT TIF BANKING LICENCE OF THE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND (BNZ) HAD BEEN REVOKED
AT REQUEST OF THE BANK.
THE
BNZ, A BANK INCORPORATED IN NEW ZEALAND, HAS BEEN OPERATING HONG KONG AS A BRANCH LICENSED BANK SINCE 1987.
IN
IN NOVEMVER 1992, BNZ BECAME A SUBSIDIARY OF NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK (NAB), A BANK INCORPORATED IN AUSTRALIA, WHICH ALSO MAINTAINS A BRANCH IN HONG KONG.
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