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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1991

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EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION LEVELS TO BE INCREASED

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THE LEVELS OF COMPENSATION AND CERTAIN COMPENSATION-RELATED ITEMS UNDER THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE WILL BE REVISED AS FROM JANUARY 1 NEXT YEAR.

MOVING A RESOLUTION TO EFFECT THE CHANGES AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, SAID IT HAD BEEN THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY SINCE 1978 REVIEW THE LEVELS OF COMPENSATION EVERY TWO YEARS TO TAKE ACCOUNT WAGE MOVEMENTS, INFLATION AND OTHER CHANGES.

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"TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE PROJECTED RATE OF WAGE INCREASE FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1990 TO DECEMBER 1991 AND THE SLIGHT UNDER-ESTIMATION OF THE INCREASE IN NOMINAL WAGES IN THE LAST REVIEW, PROPOSE TO INCREASE THE EXISTING LEVELS OF COMPENSATION ARISING FROM DEATH, PERMANENT TOTAL INCAPACITY AND THE REQUIREMENT FOR CONSTANT ATTENTION BY 27.8 PER CENT," MR CHAN SAID.

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DETAILS OF THE REVISION ARE AS FOLLOWS:

OLD RATE

MINIMUM

MAXIMUM

NEW RATE MINIMUM

MAXIMUM

FOR DEATH

FOR PERMANENT

$162,000

$143,000 $424,000

$485,000

$183,000 $542,000

$207,000 $620,000

TOTAL

INCAPACITY

FOR CONSTANT

ATTENTION

FOR BURIAL AND

MEDICAL EXPENSES

WHERE THE DECEASED EMPLOYER LEAVES NO DEPENDANTS

$194,000

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$248,000

$8,000

$10,000

$70

$90

$16,000

$20,000

FOR DAILY REIM-

BURSEMENT OF

MEDICAL EXPENSES

PAYMENT BY AN

EMPLOYER TOWARDS

THE COSTS OF

SUPPLYING AND

FITTING A

PROSTHESIS OR A

SURGICAL APPLIANCE

FOR REPAIR OR RENEWAL

OF A PROSTHESIS OR A SURGICAL APPLIANCE

F

$50,000

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$62,000

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