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TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1980

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MR NEIL MACDOUGALL

HE WAS BORN IN AUSTRALIA ON MARCH 13, 1932. HE GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA IN 1954 AND WAS ADMITTED AS A BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR OF THE SUPREME COURT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA IN 1957. HE SPENT EIGHT YEARS IN THE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMONWEALTH CROWN SOLICITOR, PERTH, BEFORE JOINING THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AS CROWN COUNSEL IN 1965. HE BECAME SENIOR CROWN COUNSEL IN 1968 AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL IN 1973. HE WAS PROMOTED TO PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL IN 1977. HE HAS ACTED AS DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS, ASSISTANT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND ASSISTANT TO THE LAW OFFICERS ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS.

MR WONG IS AT PRESENT A PRESIDING OFFICER IN THE LABOUR TRIBUNAL, MR CAMERON AND MR CRUDEN ARE ASSISTANT REGISTRARS OF THE SUPREME COURT AND MR DOYLE IS A PRINCIPAL MAGISTRATE. MR CAIRD AND MR SHARWOOD ARE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL CROWN COUNSEL IN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS AND MR DOWNEY IS A SENIOR LECTURER IN LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.

́LARGER WORKMEN COMPENSATION IN PIPELI NE

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WORKERS INJURED OR DEPENDENTS OF THOSE KILLED IN INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS CAN EXPECT LARGER COMPENSATION PAYMENTS IN THE NEAR FUTURE, THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR J CA HAMMOND, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY) WHEN OPENING A CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.

MR HAMMOND ALSO STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF CO-OPERATION BETWEEN MANAGEMENT, WORKERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IN REDUCING THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS.

HE SAID THAT THIS WAS ALREADY BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE IN THE FORM OF A VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD'S COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION.

IN AN ADDRESS TO MORE THAN 160 SENIOR MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ATTENDING THE ONE-DAY CONFERENCE HELD IN THE NEW WORLD HOTEL MR HAMMOND SAID THERE WERE 45 991 REPORTED INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS, INCLUDING 17 106 IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, IN HONG KONG ÎN 1979. THIS COMPARED WITH 39 242 IN 1978.

THE NUMBER OF DEATHS RESULTING FROM THESE ACCIDENTS WAS 163, AN INCREASE OF 22 OVER THE FIGURE FOR 1978. OF THESE 163 DEATHS, 95 TOOK PLACE IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY,

HOWEVER, MR HAMMOND POINTED OUT THAT THE SIZE OF THE INDUSTRIAL WORKFORCE AS A WHOLE ROSE FROM ABOUT 817 000 IN 1978 TO MORE THAN 870 000 IN 1979. THE WORKFORCE IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ALONE ROSE FROM ALMOST 74 000 TO MORE THAN 81 000 DURING THE SAME PERIOD.

/TO REDUCE