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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1987
+ IT WOULD EFFECTIVELY REMOVE FROM THE SCOPE OF MULTI-LATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS U.S. TEXTILE AND FOOTWEAR TARIFFS, WHICH CONTAIN SOME OF THE HIGHEST REMAINING TARIFF PEAKS.
+ IT WOULD FORESTALL ANY ATTEMPT TO NEGOTIATE LIBERALISATION OF WORLD TRADE IN TEXTILES AND RETURN OF THE SECTOR TO THE GATT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MINISTERIAL MANDATE, BY LEGISLATING FOR INCREASED PROTECTION ON AN INDEFINITE BASIS AND IN CONTRAVENTION OF THE GATT AND MFA.+
IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF OTHER DELEGATIONS FROM BOTH DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES JOINED IN THE CRITICISM OF THE BILL.
COMPENSATION LAW TO INCLUDE ANOTHER OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE
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THE NUMBER OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES PRESCRIBED IN THE SECOND SCHEDULE TO THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE TUMOUR OF THE URINARY TRACT.
A NOTICE TO THIS EFFECT WAS PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
A LABOUR DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (CARCINOGENIC SUBSTANCES) REGULATIONS IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR, THE USE OF SUBSTANCES WHICH MAY GIVE RISE TO TUMOUR OF THE URINARY TRACT
HAD EITHER BEEN PUT UNDER CONTROL OR PROHIBITED.
+NOTWITHSTANDING THE ADOPTION OF THESE PREVENTIVE MEASURES, SOME OF THE SUBSTANCES MAY STILL BE PRESENT IN VERY LOW CONCENTRATIONS, IN CHEMICALS OR DYESTUFFS WHICH ARE IN USE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+TO ENSURE, THEREFORE, THAT COMPENSATION CAN BE PAID TO VICTIMS OR THEIR DEPENDANTS WHO UNFORTUNATELY SUFFER INCAPACITY OR DEATH AS A RESULT OF CONTRACTING THE DISEASE AT WORK, IT IS NECESSARY TO INCLUDE TUMOUR OF THE URINARY TRACT TO THE LIST OF THE PRESCRIBED OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES ALTHOUGH THE OCCURRENCE OF THE DISEASE IN HONG KONG IS RARE.+
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE LEVEL OF COMPENSATION FOR TUMOUR OF THE URINARY TRACT IS THE SAME AS THOSE PRESCRIBED UNDER THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE. THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION FOR PERMANENT TOTAL INCAPACITY IS $341 000 AND THAT FOR DEATH IS $299 000.
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