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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1982

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+BY THE END OF THE DECADE, THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL AND DAY CARE PLACES WILL HAVE TRIPLED AND QUADRUPLED RESPECTIVELY.

+PRE-SCHOOL TRAINING AND SPECIAL EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING PLACES WILL ALSO HAVE BEEN INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY AND WE SHOULD BE WITHIN SIGHT OF ATTAINING ALL OUR TARGETS BY THE EARLY 1990'S, HE SAID.

ON THE PROVISION OF SERVICES FOR MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE, SIR EDWARD SAID THE GOVERNMENT WOULD GIVE URGENT ATTENTION TO THE FINDINGS EXPECTED SHORTLY FROM A SPECIAL WORKING PARTY.

THE PARTY HAS BEEN SET UP TO REVIEW THE HANDLING OF MENTALLY DISTURBED PERSONS WITH A DISPOSITION TO VIOLENCE, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE ADEQUACY OF THE VARIOUS AFTER-CARE SERVICES FOR THE INTEGRATION OF DISCHARGED MENTAL PATIENTS INTO THE COMMUNITY.

WORK ING GROUP TO STUDY SEVERANCE PAY

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AN AD-HOC WORKING GROUP WILL BE SET UP TO LOOK INTO THE MATTER OF SEVERANCE PAY FOR WORKERS, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID TODAY.

THE WORK ING GROUP WILL BE CHAIRED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, AND COMPRISE OFFICIALS AS WELL AS EMPLOYERS' AND EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES.

IT WOULD EXAMINE THE MATTER IN DEPTH AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, HE SAID.

+THEY WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE REASONABLE CLAIMS OF THE WORKERS INVOLVED TO RECEIVE PROMPT PAYMENT OF WAGES DUE, ANY WIDER CONSEQUENCES FOR THE ECONOMY AS A WHOLE AND THE EXPERIENCE OF OTHER COUNTRIES IN THIS FIELD, + SIR EDWARD SAID.

THE GOVERNOR SAID THE COUNCIL WOULD SOON BE CONSIDERING NEW LABOUR LEGISLATION, INCLUDING THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION (AMENDMENT) BILL, WHICH COVERS THE INTRODUCTION OF COMPULSORY INSURANCE, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MORE EFFECTIVE MACHINERY FOR ASSESSING COMPENSATION, AND MEASURES TO EXPEDITE SETTLEMENT OF COMPENSATION CLAIMS.

AMENDMENTS TO THE FACTOR IES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE TO MAKE PROVISIONS FOR THE ENFORCING AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT ENQUIRIES INTO SERIOUS ACCIDENTS AND TO SIMPLIFY THE REGISTRATION PROCEDURE FOR FACTORIES, WOULD ALSO BE PUT TO THE COUNCIL.

FURTHER AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS TO IMRPOVE SAFETY MEASURES FOR WORKERS WORKING AT HEIGHTS WILL ALSO BE MADE SHORTLY, SIR EDWARD ADDED.

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