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Wednesday, March 21, 1973

INFORMATION SOUGHT ON DEATH OF WORKMAN

To Help Process Dependents' Claim For Compensation

The Labour Department is anxious to find out the details of an

accident on August 21 last year which led to the death of a workman.

The Labour Officer in-charge of the Workmen's Compensation Unit

of the Labour Department, Mr. TO Sau-hong; said that the workman, Mr. FUNG

Kan-ming, fell into the sea from a plank whilst at work.

The accident happened along the waterfront of Tung Chau Street,

Sham Shui Po. The worker was subsequently taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital

where he died on September 7.

Mr. To said: "The dependents of the worker are claiming compensation

from the employer whose particulars are unknown to this department, the

Police Department and the denendents themselves.

TT

To help the processing of the claim, he said, those who had

knowledge of the accident and the particulars of the employer concerned

should contact offices of the Workmen's Compensation Unit at Tel. No. 3-669014

during office hours.

Under the Workmen's Compensation Ordinance, an employer is

liable to pay compensation to the dependents of a worker who sustains

fatal injury in an accident arising out of and in the course of employment.

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