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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1991

OF

WILL

OUR ECONOMIC PROSPECTS HAVE IMPROVED, AND THE OVERALL RATE GROWTH HAS PICKED UP. THIS IS ENCOURAGING. THE GOVERNMENT

A COMPETITIVE MAINTAIN ITS TRIED-AND-TESTED FORMULA FOR PROSPERITY:

LOW MARKET ECONOMY, WITH

TAXES AND MINIMAL RED TAPE, IN WHICH PROTECTION OF THE COMMUNITY'S INTERESTS DOES NOT HINDER OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFITABLE BUSINESS GROWTH.

PROGRAMMES.

THE

AND

IN

THE

IN

THE

WE MUST

ENTERS THE GOVERNMENT

THE NEW YEAR DETERMINED TO MEET CHALLENGES OF PLANNING FOR THE TERRITORY'S FUTURE WELL-BEING FIRMLY COMMITTED TO ITS SOCIAL AND INVESTMENT COMING YEAR, WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING FURTHER ADVANCES WELFARE FIELD, PARTICULARLY IN PROGRAMMES FOR THE DISABLED. ALSO STRENGTHEN OUR EFFORTS TO FIGHT CRIME AND KEEP OUR AND WE MUST BUILD FOR THE LONGER TERM FUTURE BY MOVING AHEAD WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR NEW AIRPORT AND WITH OUR INVESTMENT IN BETTER TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE.

1991 SAW

CITY SAFE.

STEADILY

A

EVOLUTION

OF A LEGISLATIVE MAJORITY.

OUR

IN

DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT, FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE HAVE

ALL COUNCIL WITH DIRECTLY ELECTED MEMBERS AND AN ELECTED MEMBERS

THE OF

PLAY THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE AN IMPORTANT PART TO

MAINTAIN EFFORTS THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY MAKE TO

PROSPERITY AND WELL-BEING OF HONG KONG AND ITS PEOPLE.

THE

AS WE STAND ON THE THRESHOLD OF 1992, MY FAMILY AND I WISH OF YOU A PEACEFUL, HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR."

ALL

HIGHER COMPENSATION FOR INJURED WORKERS

*

ON OR

COMPENSATION WILL GO UP BY ABOUT 28 PER CENT FOR EMPLOYEES

BY PNEUMOCONIOSIS INJURED OR KILLED AT WORK OR INCAPACITATED AFTER TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).

TODAY

LATEST

ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR ALFRED CHAN, SAID (TUESDAY) THE NEW LEVELS OF COMPENSATION ARE STIPULATED IN THE

ΤΟ AMENDMENTS

THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION AND PNEUMOCONIOSIS (COMPENSATION) ORDINANCES.

"THE INCREASES HAVE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WAGE MOVEMENTS, INFLATION AND OTHER CHANGES OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, MR CHAN ADDED.

COMPENSATION TO DEPENDANTS OF EMPLOYEES KILLED IN WORK $183,000 AS A ACCIDENTS WILL INCREASE TO $542,000 AS A MAXIMUM, AND MINIMUM.

FOR WORKERS SUFFERING PERMANENT TOTAL INCAPACITY, THEIR

ΤΟ $620,000 MAXIMUM COMPENSATION WILL BE RAISED

WHILE THE MINIMUM WILL GO UP TO $207,000. THE ALLOWANCE

CONSTANT REQUIRING ATTENTION WILL RISE TO $248,000.

FOR

THOSE

/ALSO BURIAL