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FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1991

H158

21.8.91

200

+60

H159

4.9.91

80

+180

H160

18.9.91

390

-130

H161

2.10.91

170

+90

H162

17.10.91

134

+126.

H163

30.10.91

133

+127

ISSUE

NUMBER

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE FUND

364-DAY EXCHANGE FUND BILLS

MATURING ON

OUTSTANDING

$ MILLION

Y187

26.2.92

250

+10

Y188

25.3.92

180

+80

Y189

22.4.92

200

+60

Y190

20.5.92

240

+20

AVERAGE DAILY TRANSFER FOR WEEK ENDING 31.5.91 WAS 5,474 MN

+

НКЕК

DEFINITION OF HOSPITAL' IN THREE ORDINANCES TO BE AMENDED

111

THE DEFINITION OF "HOSPITAL' IN THE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION

ORDINANCE

AND

THE

(COMPENSATION) ORDINANCE WILL BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE MANAGED AND CONTROLLED BY THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY,

ORDINANCE,

THE

PNEUMOCONIOSIS PUBLIC HOSPITALS

ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (FRIDAY), A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID

THE AMENDMENT IS TECHNICAL IN NATURE.

ORDINANCE

THE TERM "HOSPITAL" IS REFERRED TO IN THE EMPLOYMENT WHICH SPECIFIES THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH AN EMPLOYER IS ELIGIBLE FOR SICKNESS ALLOWANCE AND PAID SICKNESS LEAVE DAYS.

THE TERM ALSO APPEARS IN THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION AND THE PNEUMOCONIOSIS (COMPENSATION) ORDINANCE.

ORDINANCE

THESE TWO ORDINANCES RESPECTIVELY ESTABLISH A COMPENSATION SCHEME FOR PERSONS INJURED IN THE COURSE OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT AND A COMPENSATION SCHEME FOR PERSONS INCAPACITATED AS A RESULT OF PNEUMOCONTOSTS.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE PRESENT DEFINITIONS OF "HOSPITAL" IN THE THREE ORDINANCES COVER HOSPITALS MAINTAINED BY THE CROWN AND HOSPITALS REGISTERED UNDER THE HOSPITALS, NURSING HOMES AND MATERNITY HOMES REGISTRATION ORDINANCE.

ALL EXISTING GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND SUBVENTED HOSPITALS FALL WITHIN THE DEFINITIONS.

/"HOWEVER, AFTER

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