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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1992

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON THE TWO OFFICERS:

MR B.G. JENNEY

MR JENNEY, AGED 56, IS A TANZANIA FROM 1958 TO 1969 BEFORE HE JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER IN DECEMBER 1969.

CONTRACT

OFFICER. HE SERVED IN

HE WAS PROMOTED TO ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF APRIL 1974 AND PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT FINANCIAL SECRETARY IN THE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT IN APRIL 1981.

GRADE

'C'

IN FINANCE

MR JENNEY WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY IN OCTOBER 1987.

FINANCIAL

MR R.J. HUTT, OBE, JP ·

MR HUTT, AGED AUDITOR IN 1958.

56,

JOINED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AS AN

AND

HE WAS PROMOTED TO SENIOR AUDITOR IN SEPTEMBER 1971, PRINCIPAL AUDITOR IN OCTOBER 1976, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF AUDIT IN JULY 1980 DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOUR YEARS LATER.

HE WAS APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF AUDIT IN DECEMBER 1988.

ON HIS RETIREMENT, MR HUTT WILL SERVICE WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.

HAVE

COMPLETED 33 YEARS OF

LAB ENDORSES BETTER PLAN TO HELP PNEUMOCONIOSIS SUFFERERS

THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD (LAB) TODAY (WEDNESDAY) ENDORSED A PROPOSAL FOR A REVISED PNEUMOCONIOSIS COMPENSATION SCHEME MODELLED ON COMMON LAW PRINCIPLES.

THE REVISED SCHEME SOUGHT TO CHANGE LUMP-SUM PAYMENTS TO A PNEUMOCONIOSIS SUFFERER TO MONTHLY PAYMENTS WHICH WOULD CONTINUE UNTIL HE DIED.

PROPOSAL BY THE

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WERE ALSO INFORMED OF A PNEUMOCONIOSIS COMPENSATION FUND BOARD TO INCREASE THE IMPOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PNEUMOCONIOSIS ORDINANCE FROM 0.02 PER CENT ΤΟ 0.2 PER CENT OF CONSTRUCTION WORKS AND QUARRY PRODUCTS.

RATE OF LEVY {COMPENSATION) THE VALUE OF

THE PROPOSED INCREASE IS NECESSARY TO MEET THE COMPENSATION FUND BOARD'S FUTURE COMMITMENTS.

PNEUMOCONIOSIS

THE LAB MEETING ALSO NOTED A PROGRESS REPORT ON LABOUR LEGISLATION, WHICH INCLUDED PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE ITEMS то CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD THIS YEAR.

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