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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1993

THE

ACCIDENTS STATISTICS COMPILED BY CAUSE

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SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, INFORMATION ON CONSTRUCTION SITE ACCIDENTS WAS COMPILED BY CAUSE THE PURPOSE OF PREVENTION.

SAID

FOR

HON LAU CHIN-SHEK IN CHAN EXPLAINED THAT INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES

IN

A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), MR STATISTICS ON SUCH ACCIDENTS BY REFERENCE TO WOULD NOT PROVIDE RELIABLE INDICATORS OF THE SAFETY PERFORMANCE OF INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES.

THIS IS BECAUSE:

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THEY WOULD BE BIASED AGAINST CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF SITES AND EMPLOYEES;

THEY WOULD NOT BE COMPREHENSIVE SINCE, UNDER THE EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION ORDINANCE, AN EMPLOYER IS NOT REQUIRED REPORT AN OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT IF THE INJURY RESULTS TEMPORARY INCAPACITY OF LESS THAN FOUR DAYS; AND

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IN

AN INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT OCCURRING ON A CONSTRUCTION SITE BE REPORTED BY THE PRINCIPAL CONTRACTOR OR ONE OF SUBCONTRACTORS ACCORDING

DIFFERENT AGREEMENTS CONTRACTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES,

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STATISTICS ON GRADUATE AND NON-GRADUATE TEACHERS

OF THE 11,229 GRADUATE TEACHERS SERVING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN OCTOBER 1991 AND HOLDING A COMMONWEALTH DEGREE, 434 SERVED AS NON- GRADUATE TEACHERS IN OCTOBER 1989 OR OCTOBER 1990, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON TIK CHI-YUEN, MR CHAN SAID THERE WERE 303, 321, AND 399 HOLDERS OF COMMONWEALTH DEGREES AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN 1989, 1990 AND 1991 RESPECTIVELY.

STATISTICS ON TEACHERS FOR THE SCHOOL YEARS BEGINNING 1992 OR BEFORE 1989 ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE.

/THE NUMBERS