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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1978

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TWO OTHER LIKELY PROPOSALS WERE THAT AGE SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE ASSESSMENT OF COMPENSATION AND THAT THERE SHOULD BE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN THE MAXIMUM LIMITS OF COMPENSATION.

+WHETHER ALL THE WORKING PARTY'S RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PROCEEDED WITH DEPENDS ON FURTHER CONSIDERATION AND CONSULTATION, BUT I WOULD HOPE TO BRING AT LEAST SOME OF THEM TO THIS COUNCIL NEXT YEAR, MR. HENDERSON SAID.

ON THE PNEUMOCONIOS IS COMPENSATION SCHEME, HE SAID UNFORESEEN PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES HAD BEEN ENCOUNTERED IN DRAWING UP THE NECESSARY STATUTORY REGULATIONS AND IT MIGHT BE NECESSARY FOR HIM TO PROPOSE FURTHER AMENDMENTS, THOUGH IT WOULD IN NO WAY ALTER THE OBJECTIVES OF COMPENSATING SILICOTIC CASES UNDER THE TERMS OUTLINED WHEN HE INTRODUCED THE LEGISLATION.

REFERRING TO THE APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE, MR. HENDERSON REVEALED THAT, FOLLOWING CONSULTATION BETWEEN THE TRAINING COUNCIL'S BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD AND THE FURNITURE INDUSTRY, IT WAS LIKELY THAT THE TRAINING COUNCIL WOULD RECOMMEND THE DESIGNATION OF SEVERAL MORE TRADES WHICH WERE COMMON TO BOTH INDUSTRIES IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

SINCE 1977, HE SAID, THE NUMBER OF APPRENTICES REGISTERED UNDER THE APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE HAS RISEN FROM ABOUT 3,500 TO ABOUT 6,000 THIS YEAR.

HE HOPED THAT THE APPOINTMENT OF FURTHER TRAINING BOARDS AND COMMITTEES TO CATER FOR THE TRAINING NEEDS OF THE COMMERCIAL AND SERVICE SECTORS WOULD TAKE EFFECT FROM JANUARY 1, 1979.

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