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According to Section 14 of the Occupational Deafness Compensation Ordinance, a person who suffers noise-induced deafness and who wishes to claim compensation under the Scheme has to satisfy a requirement that before the date of application, he has had at least 10 years of employment in aggregate in noisy occupations in Hong Kong as defined under the Ordinance.
Apart from the references from employers, the Board will take into account statements made by co-workers of the applicant, as well as other documentary proofs such as tax returns, employment contracts, and wage records in deciding whether the applicant meets this requirement. The Board will also seek information from other relevant parties during the verification process as and when necessary.
Required processing time for visitors to clear immigration
Following is a question by the Hon Chim Pui-chung and a written reply by the acting Secretary for Security, Mrs Carrie Yau. in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
Will the Government inform this Council:
(a)
of the average processing time required by the Immigration Department to clear the immigration procedures for each visitor to the territory;
(b)
how does the processing time referred to in the reply to (a) above compare with those in Singapore and Japan; and
(c)
whether the Immigration Department will consider shortening the processing time for overseas visitors so as to provide a more efficient service?