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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1980

IN THE LONGER TERM, HE SAID, IT WAS PROPOSED TO BUILD A LARGE TREATMENT WORKS AT PAK KONG TO COPE WITH THE DEMAND FROM THE ENTIRE SAI KUNG PENINSULA, JUNK BAY AND THE EASTERN PART OF NEW KOWLOON.

MR TUCKER AND MR LEE YUN-SAU, AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARD, THEN JOINTLY OPENED A VALVE ALLOWING THE WATER TO FLOW INTO THE NEW RESERVOIR.

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EMPLOYERS LIABILITIES UNDER EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION LAW

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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) REMINDED EMPLOYERS TO INSURE THEMSELVES AGAINST THEIR LIABILITIES UNDER THE RECENTLY ENACTED EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE.

+THIS ALSO APPLIES TO ANYONE WHO HIRES A DOMESTIC SERVANT SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

THE ORDINANCE WHICH CAME INTO OPERATION ON NOVEMBER 1 PROVIDES FOR A MAXIMUM COMPENSATION OF $192 000 FOR TOTAL PERMANENT

INCAPACITY AND $168 000 FOR DEATH.

THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT IN VIEW OF THE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IT IS ESPECIALLY ESSENTIAL FOR SMALLER EMPLOYERS TO TAKE OUT INSURANCE POLICIES BECAUSE THEY MIGHT FACE FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES IF THEY FAIL TO DO SO.

+EMPLOYERS MUST ENSURE THAT THE INSURANCE POLICY COVERS ALL THE LIABILITIES THEY WISH TO BE COVERED. A POLICY MAY SOMETIMES EXCLUDE CERTAIN LIABILITIES SUCH AS CIVIL DAMAGES, MEDICAL EXPENSES OR CERTAIN TYPES OF WORK. EMPLOYERS SHOULD THEREFORE EXAMINE THE

INSURANCE POLICY CAREFULLY TO ASCERTAIN ITS COVERAGE.+

HE EXPLAINED THAT EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION IS BASED ON THE +NO FAULT+ PRINCIPLE IF AN ACCIDENT WHICH CAUSES INJURY TO AN EMPLOYEE IS DUE TO THE EMPLOYER'S NEGLIGENCE, THE EMPLOYER IS ALSO LIABLE TO CIVIL DAMAGES.

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