(12) NAMEDROPPING
12
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1994
FROM
A
MAKE
* WHEN A
SUPPORT CANDIDATE HAS OBTAINED CONSENT OF PERSON WHO HOLDS A CERTAIN POSITION IN AN ORGANISATION, HE MUST SURE THAT IN HIS ELECTION ADVERTISEMENTS HE DOES NOT MISREPRESENT THAT HE HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE ORGANISATION.
WHEN
HE HAS THE SUPPORT OF AN ORGANISATION, HE SHOULD THAT HIS ELECTION ADVERTISEMENTS DO NOT GIVE A MISLEADING THAT HE HAS THE SUPPORT OF ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE ORGANISATION, THE DECISION OF THAT ORGANISATION IN GIVING HIS SUPPORT WAS MADE AT MEETING OF ALL ITS MEMBERS PRESENT AND VOTING.
ENSURE IMPRESSION
UNLESS
A
THEIR
THE CHAIRMAN APPEALS TO ALL THOSE INTERESTED TO SEND IN VIEWS AND COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE BEC SECRETARIAT ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 30 AT:
10/F, HARBOUR CENTRE,
25 HARBOUR ROAD,
WAN CHAI,
HONG KONG.
ENQUIRIES MAY BE DIRECTED TO 827 7144.
PROPOSAL TO MAKE OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS A COMPENSABLE DISEASE
*
WORKERS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS AS A RESULT OF PROLONGED EMPLOYMENT IN SPECIFIC NOISY OCCUPATIONS WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR COMPENSATION UNDER A PROPOSED SCHEME.
OUTLINING DETAILS OF THE COMPENSATION SCHEME AS PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS (COMPENSATION) BILL TO BE GAZETTED TOMORROW (FRIDAY), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION AND MANPOWER BRANCH SAID WHILE THE SCHEME WAS A REMEDIAL MEASURE FOR DEALING WITH THE PROBLEM OF OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS, THE ADMINISTRATION WAS COMMITTED TO PREVENTING THE OCCURRENCE OF OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS AS A LONGER STRATEGY.
TERM
TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE SCHEME, AN APPLICANT MUST SATISFY THE FOLLOWING DISABILITY AND OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
(A) HE SHOULD BE SUFFERING FROM SUBSTANTIAL SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS AS MEASURED BY A SPECIFIED STANDARD WHICH AMOUNTS TO SEVERE DIFFICULTY IN UNDERSTANDING HUMAN SPEECH;
(B)
YEARS
HE SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST 10
OF EMPLOYMENT IN AGGREGATE IN SPECIFIED NOISY OCCUPATIONS IN HONG KONG; AND
/(C) HE SHOULD