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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1993

METHYL-N-BUTYL

THE AMENDMENTS TO THE SECOND SCHEDULE ALSO ADD KETONE AS A CHEMICAL AGENT CAUSING PERIPHERAL POLY-NEUROPATHY.

AMENDMENTS THE

CONTACTS WITH

APPLY TO EMPLOYEES CONTRACTING THE RELEVANT DISEASES IN OCCUPATIONS INVOLVING CLOSE AND FREQUENT SOURCES OF SUCH DISEASES.

SPECIFIED

IN

A LABOUR DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE NEWLY-ADDED OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES BRING TO 44 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SUCH DISEASES THE SECOND SCHEDULE TO THE ORDINANCE.

"SOME OF THESE DISEASES ARE QUITE COMMON BUT IN THIS CONTEXT, WE ARE REFERRING TO OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES, NAMELY, AN EMPLOYEE WILL BE ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION FOR INCAPACITY OR DEATH IF HE HAS CONTRACTED SUCH DISEASES DUE TO THE NATURE OF TRADE, INDUSTRY OR PROCESS ASSOCIATED

PERIOD WITH THOSE DISEASES AND WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED EMPLOYMENT

PRECEDING SUCH INCAPACITY

DEATH,

SPOKESMAN ADDED,

IMMEDIATELY

OR

OF

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THE

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SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD BY-ELECTION ON DECEMBER 5

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THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD BY-ELECTION WILL BE HELD ON DECEMBER 5 TO FILL A SEAT IN THE WONG UK CONSTITUENCY.

SUNDAY,

WONG FUK-WAH A DECLARATION OF VACATION OF OFFICE BY MR GEORGE

DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN AND GAZETTED HAD BEEN MADE BY THE SHA TIN TODAY (FRIDAY).

NOMINATIONS

BE WILL

CALLED

BETWEEN

AND

1 NOVEMBER

15. AT ALL NOMINATION FORMS WOULD BE AVAILABLE FROM TUESDAY (OCTOBER 26)

ELECTORAL OFFICE, HARBOUR DISTRICT OFFICES AND THE REGISTRATION AND CENTRE, 10TH FLOOR, 25 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI.

CANDIDATES

MUST BE REGISTERED ELECTORS

IN HONG KONG FOR

10 THE

AND HAVE YEARS

BEEN

IMMEDIATELY

ORDINARILY RESIDENT PRECEDING NOMINATION.

KONG, BUT HIS THE

A CANDIDATE CAN BE A RESIDENT ANYWHERE IN HONG NOMINATION PAPER MAY ONLY BE SUBSCRIBED BY REGISTERED ELECTORS IN WONG UK CONSTITUENCY.

EACH NOMINATION REQUIRES 10 MAY GIVE SUPPORT TO ONLY ONE CANDIDATE.

SUBSCRIBERS AND EACH SUBSCRIBER

THE WONG UK CONSTITUENCY, COMPRISING MAINLY YUEN CHAU BELAIR GARDENS, HAS A REGISTERED ELECTORATE OF 6,015.

KOK AND

THE BY-ELECTION WOULD BE HELD UNLESS THE SEAT WAS UNCONTESTED.

ENQUIRIES MAY BE MADE TO THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL

ON TEL 827 1122.

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