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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1991

OF

"IN THE LIGHT OF ESCALATING COST AND VARIOUS CALLS FOR THE EXISTING POLICY, WE WILL BE RE-EXAMINING OUR FEES ARRANGEMENTS.

REVIEW

AND WAIVER

OF

"OUR AIM WOULD BE TO ACHIEVE A MORE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION

USERS AND THE BETWEEN

GENERAL TAXPAYERS, TO ALLOW RESPONSIBILITY

GREATER CHOICE FOR PATIENTS AND TO FACILITATE MORE COST-EFFECTIVE OF RESOURCES.

USE

"NOBODY SHOULD

BE

PREVENTED,

OBTAINING ADEQUATE MEDICAL TREATMENT,

THROUGH LACK SHE STATED.

OF

MEANS,

FROM

INSOLVENCY FUND COVERAGE UNDER PERIODICAL REVIEW

* * * * *

THE PROTECTION OF WAGES ON INSOLVENCY FUND IS DUE FOR ANOTHER REVIEW IN JULY NEXT YEAR, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, JOHN CHAN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON TAM TIU-CHUNG AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR CHAN SAID SINCE THE FUND

ESTABLISHED IN AND APRIL 1985, THREE REVIEWS HAD BEEN CONDUCTED IN 1986, 1988

LAST

YEAR.

WAS

ONLY, WAS IN

THE FUND WHICH ORIGINALLY COVERED ARREARS OF WAGES EXTENDED TO COVER SEVEN DAYS' WAGES IN LIEU OF NOTICE UP TO $2,000 1987, TO COVER SEVERANCE PAYMENT UP TO $4,000 IN 1989 AND TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM COVERAGE OF SEVERANCE PAYMENT TO $8,000 PLUS 50 PER CENT OF ANY ENTITLEMENT IN EXCESS OF $8,000 THIS YEAR,

INSOLVENCY SAID.

"THE MAXIMUM LEVELS OF PAYMENT FROM THE PROTECTION OF WAGES

MR FUND WILL CONTINUE TO BE REVIEWED PERIODICALLY,

ON CHAN

0

SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES PROVIDED ON TERRITORY-WIDE BASIS

*

THE SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAMME IS CLOSELY MONITORED ΤΟ ENSURE IS THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SCHOOL PLACES IN THE TERRITORY AS A WHOLE ADEQUATE TO MEET THE DEMAND OF ALL DISTRICTS AT ALL TIMES.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, CHAN, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE JOHN

HON STEPHEN NG MING-YUM AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR

MR CHAN SAID EVERY EFFORT WAS MADE то MINIMISE DISTRICT IMBALANCES BY SITING NEW SCHOOLS IN AREAS WHERE THEY WERE NEEDED OR BY ADJUSTING THE SCHOOL NETS FOR THE ALLOCATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL

PLACES.

/"HOWEVER, IT

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