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MONDAY, JULY 2, 1990

REVISE THE DEFINITION IN THE COURSE DETERMINED

THE BOARD ALSO DISCUSSED A PROPOSAL TO OF "MEDICAL EXPENSES" TO ENABLE EMPLOYEES INJURED EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE HONG KONG TO CLAIM SUCH EXPENSES AS THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR.

SIMILARLY, AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS

AND

INJURED

WHILE WORKING

OF

BY

OUTSIDE

WILL BE ABLE HONG KONG AND WHO HAS ONLY RECEIVED TREATMENT OVERSEAS

OR PROSTHESIS FITTING OF A TO CLAIM THE COSTS FOR THE SUPPLY SURGICAL APPLIANCE UNDER THE ORDINANCE IF THE PROSTHESES AND APPLIANCES BOARD (PSAB) APPROVES THEM.

SURGICAL

AND COSTS FOR SUPPLY, INITIAL IN DETERMINING THE NECESSITY

AN APPARATUS IN CASES WHERE FITTING, NORMAL REPAIR AND RENEWAL OF

SHOULD PROCEED ON SUCH APPARATUS HAS BEEN FITTED OVERSEAS, THE PSAB THE BASIS THAT SUCH APPARATUS WOULD BE FITTED IN HONG KONG.

BOARD THE

ALSO INJURED

DISCUSSED

CALCULATING AN COMPENSATION FOR PERMANENT

A FURTHER

THAT PROPOSAL PERIODICAL PAYMENTS EMPLOYER'S

PAID 12 INCAPACITY

WHILE AND

MONTHS AFTER THE AN AMOUNT ACCIDENT, HIS MONTHLY EARNINGS SHOULD BE DEEMED TO BE SUCH AS HE WOULD HAVE RECEIVED AT THE TIME OF PAYMENT HAD THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

ALSO,

WILL

LE

NOT

SUFFICIENTLY

OF.

TO ENSURE THAT THE EARNINGS ADJUSTED TO COVER THE GENERAL RISE IN THE COST OF LIVING, THE RATE

THAN THE RATE ADJUSTMENT OF THE MONTHLY EARNINGS SHOULD NOT BE LESS

OF ACCIDENT OF INCREASE IN THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX BETWEEN THE TIME AND THE TIME OF PAYMENT.

ORDINANCE, THE COURT FOR THE COST OF

IN

AN WHICH

UNDER ANOTHER PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE WILL HAVE GREATER DISCRETION TO AWARD COMPENSATION

IN DESERVING CASES EMPLOYEE ATTENDING TO AN INJURED EMPLOYEE SUFFERS "SERIOUS AND PERMANENT INCAPACITY".

TO

BY EXTEND

12 DISCRETIONARY POWER THE COURT WOULD HAVE A

CASE OF AN MONTHS THE MAXIMUM PERIOD OF TEMPORARY INCAPACITY IN THE

FOR 24 MONTHS INJURED EMPLOYEE WHO HAS RECEIVED PERIODICAL PAYMENTS

BY THE ORDINARY/SPECIAL BUT WHO IS NOT YET READY FOR ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT BOARD BECAUSE HIS CONDITION HAS NOT STABILISED.

OTHER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ORDINANCE DISCUSSED TODAY WERE EITHER OF A TECHNICAL NATURE OR RELATIVELY MINOR.

AT INFORMED

TODAY'S

MEETING THAT

THE

FROM YESTERDAY WOMEN IN INDUSTRY AS A

THE BOARD WAS COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR HAD EXTENDED FOR ANOTHER YEAR (SUNDAY) A SCHEME GOVERNING NIGHT WORK FOR REVIEW OF IT HAD FOUND NO ABUSE.

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