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FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1991

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INTERNATIONAL LABOUR MANY OF OUR

HE NOTED THAT HONG KONG NOW CONVENTIONS, A "PROUD RECORD" SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES.

"THROUGH THE

OF APPLICATION

THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR

CRITICISM UNFAIR

AGAINST HONG CONVENTIONS, WE ARE ABLE TO FEND OFF

SAFETY AND KONG ON ACCOUNT OF SUB-STANDARD EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS AND HEALTH PROVISIONS, MR CHEN SAID.

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PAID WITH

EXAMPLE, MR CHEN SAID CITING THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE AS AN

THE RIGHTS AND BENEFITS SOME 2.2 MILLION PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO ENJOY RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT, INCLUDING REST DAYS, STATUTORY HOLIDAYS, ANNUAL LEAVE, SICK LEAVE AND SICKNESS ALLOWANCE, MATERNITY LEAVE

YEAR PAYMENT AND LONG PAY, SEVERANCE PAYMENT ON REDUNDANCY, END OF SERVICE PAYMENT.

OCCUPATIONAL OUT THAT

THE

AND

HEALTH,

THE

SAFETY FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL RESPONSIBILITIES ON BOTH

IN THE FIELD OF

POINTED COMMISSIONER UNDERTAKING ORDINANCE IMPOSED GENERAL EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES IN RESPECT OF WORK SAFETY.

"THERE ARE NOW 25 SETS OF REGULATIONS MADE UNDER THE ORDINANCE, EACH DEALING WITH SAFETY IN SPECIFIC TRADES AND PROCESSES,

TURNING TO THE SUBJECT OF EMPLOYEES'

HE ADDED.

COMPENSATION FOR INJURY CHEN SAID SUCH OR DEATH AT WORK AND FOR OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES, MR COMPENSATION IN HONG KONG DID NOT REQUIRE CONTRIBUTION FROM BUT WAS BASED ON A SYSTEM OF COMPULSORY INSURANCE WHICH ALL WERE REQUIRED TO TAKE OUT.

EMPLOYERS EMPLOYERS

TO

OR LEVEL

HE ADDED THAT THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE APPLIED EVERY EMPLOYEE IRRESPECTIVE OF THE NATURE OF HIS EMPLOYMENT OF EARNINGS.

20 YEARS OR So,

THE EMPLOYEES' "IN THE PAST ORDINANCE HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO THREE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEWS,

ΤΟ IMPROVEMENT ADDING THAT AS A RESULT, SUBSTANTIAL EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION HAD BEEN MADE.

THE

COMPENSATION HE SAID, SYSTEM

THE MADE IN

OF

PROTECTION THE VERY CENT OF BECOME

MR CHEN ALSO NOTED THAT FURTHER IMPROVEMENT TO OF WAGES ON INSOLVENCY ORDINANCE WAS LIKELY TO BE NEAR FUTURE SO THAT EMPLOYEES MIGHT CLAIM $8,000 AND 50 PER

THEIR PAYMENT SHOULD

EMPLOYERS THE BALANCE

SEVERANCE IN INSOLVENT OR BANKRUPT.

A

LABOUR ON THE ROLE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IN INTRODUCING ANY

POLICY WAS TO CAREFULLY LEGISLATION, MR CHEN SAID THE DEPARTMENT'S

EMPLOY EES AND TO ACHIEVE CONSIDER THE INTEREST OF EMPLOYERS AND

IN ECONOMIC FAIR BALANCE IN THE "SOMETIMES CONFLICTING CONSEQUENCES COST, SOCIAL COSTS AND GENERAL ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS."

"OUR PRACTICE IS TO SEEK A WIDE SPECTRUM OF

PUBLIC VIEWS AND BOARD

AND EMPLOYEES

THE

WE FIND PARTICULARLY VALUABLE THE ADVICE OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY WHICH

REPRESENTATIVES COMPRISES

GOVERNMENT, MR CHEN SAID.

OF EMPLOYERS,

/HE RECALLED