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He said injured employees wishing to claim damages for employer's negligence could approach LAD direct or request the Labour Department to refer their cases to LAD. A claim for damages should be lodged in court within three years from the date of accident.
"Our referrals to LAD could be issued in one or two days," he said.
The spokesman also said the Labour Department would study the relevant judgment of the Court on this case and would examine the present procedures carefully together with LAD with a view to introducing improvements where
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Animals and plants fees revised
Fees for impounding stray animals under the Pounds Ordinance, licensing services under the Animals and Plants (Protection of Endangered Species) Ordinance, examination of plants and quarantine, maintenance and treatment of plants and soil under the Plant (Importation and Pest Control) Ordinance are to be increased with effect from July 5, 1996.
The new fees are set out in the Pounds Fees (Amendment) Regulation 1996, the Animals and Plants (Protection of Endangered Species) Ordinance (Amendment of Schedule 4) Order 1996 and the Plant (Importation and Pest Control ) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulation 1996, which are gazetted today (Friday).
The revised fees will apply to impounding of stray animals except dogs; issue, renewal and extension of the import, export and possession licences for endangered species; examination of plants, issue of phytosanitary certificates and the maintenance and treatment of plants and soil under quarantine.
A spokesman for the Agriculture and Fisheries Department said that the fees were last revised in 1995 and that the current increase for all of the fees is about nine per cent, based on the movement of the Government Consumption Expenditure Deflator. The spokesman said that the increase will maintain the real value of the fees.
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