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MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1992

"HOWEVER, PROSECUTION WILL BE

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TAKEN OUT AGAINST BLATANT OFFENDERS, HE ADDED, NOTING THAT A ONE-YEAR GRACE PERIOD HAS ALREADY BEEN GRANTED TO CATERING PERSONNEL ΤΟ ADJUST ΤΟ THE NEW STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS.

"A PROPRIETOR WHO BREACHES THE SAFETY PROVISION UNDER THE ORDINANCE WILL BE LIABLE ΤΟ Α MAXIMUM FINE OF $50,000 AND IMPRISONMENT FOR 12 MONTHS, WHILE AN EMPLOYEE MAY BE FINED UP ΤΟ $30,000 AND MAY BE IMPRISONED FOR SIX MONTHS, HE SAID.

MR CHAN URGED CATERING PROPRIETORS TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY CONDITIONS OF THE WORKPLACE, NOTING THAT 15, 136 WORKERS WERE INJURED AND EIGHT WERE KILLED IN THE TRADE IN 1990.

CAUSED BY HOT OR HAND TOOLS, 1,749

"OF THESE ACCIDENTS, 3,314 CASES WERE CORROSIVE SUBSTANCES, 5, 210 RELATED TO THE USE OF RELATED TO FALLS OF PERSONS AND 1,979 WERE DUE TO STEPPING ON, STRIKING AGAINST OR STRUCK BY OBJECTS," HE SAID.

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REPORT ON JOB-RELATED ALLOWANCES FOR CIVIL SERVANTS PUBLISHED

THE STANDING

COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND ITS PROGRESS REPORT FOR 1991

CONDITIONS OF SERVICE HAS PUBLISHED (REPORT NO. 281.

THE MAIN ACTIVITY OF THE COMMISSION DURING THE YEAR WAS A REVIEW OF JOB-RELATED ALLOWANCES.

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THE COMMISSION EXAMINED THE BASIS FOR DETERMINING THE RATES OF ALLOWANCES, ELIGIBILITY FOR THE ALLOWANCES AND THEIR

CATEGORISATION.

THE COMMISSION ALSO TENDERED ADVICE ON THE PROPOSED CREATION OF A NEW GRADE OF LAUNCH MASTER AND ON THE METHODOLOGY FOR CARRYING OUT THE ANNUAL PAY TREND SURVEY.

IN ADDITION, STUDIES ON JOB EVALUATION ARRANGEMENTS WERE STARTED.

AND ON LEAVE PASSAGE

OTHER ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY THE COMMISSION INCLUDED THE EXAMINATION OF PROPOSALS FOR MODIFYING DEPENDANT PENSION BENEFITS AND SERVICE PENSION ARRANGEMENTS AND PROPOSALS RELATING то A SHADOW PROMOTION SCHEME FOR CIVIL SERVANTS WORKING IN THE HOSPITAL AND THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL.

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