WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1976
MR. PRICE ALSO PROPOSED THAT THE COST OF RENEWAL OF PROSTHESES AND SURGICAL APPLIANCES FOR WORKMEN INJURED AT WORK SHOULD BECOME THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EMPLOYERS INSTEAD OF MERELY THE INITIAL COST AS AT PRESENT.
FURTHER, HE FELT THAT THE COST OF MEDICAL TREATMENT ARISING FROM INJURY AT WORK SHOULD BE RECOVERABLE BY A WORKER FROM HIS EMPLOYER.
REFERRING TO TWO OTHER LEGISLATIVE MATTERS, MR. PRICE SAID THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD HAD PROPOSED SOME AMENDMENTS TO THE TRADE UNIONS ORDINANCE TO ALTER CERTAIN PROVISIONS WHICH COULD BE REGARDED AS RESTRICTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNIONS.
THE COMMISSIONER SAID HE WOULD INTRODUCE REGULATIONS TO ABOLISH OVERTIME FOR YOUNG PERSONS AGED 16 AND 17 BY THE BEGINNING OF 1980, BY A PHASED PROGRAMME OF REDUCTION OF HOURS OF PERMITTED OVERTIME.
HE ADDED: +EMPLOYERS WILL HAVE AMPLE TIME OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS TO PLAN THEIR PRODUCTION WITHOUT RELYING ON OVERTIME FROM THIS GROUP.
SUMMING UP MR. PRICE SAID: +IN COMPARISON WITH OUR ASIAN NEIGHBOURS IT CAN BE SAID THAT IN SOME MATTERS HONG KONG IS MORE ADVANCE AND THAT IN OTHER IT LAYS BEHIND. THE MEASURES WHICH I HAVE DESCRIBED WILL GO FAR TO REDRESS THE BALANCE, BUT I AM SURE THAT HONOURABLE MEMBERS WILL AGREE THAT WE SHOULD NOT REST UNTIL WE ARE SATISFIED THAT HONG KONG IS SECOND TO NO COMPARABLE COMMUNITY IN ASIA IN THE PROVISION OF DECENT WORKING STANDARD.+
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