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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1993

THE BILL WOULD ENABLE THE ADOPTION IN HONG KONG OF THE EUROPEAN FOR DIESEL OF NO MORE THAN 0.2 PER CENT OF SULPHUR CONTENT

STANDARD PUEL.

"THIS WILL CLEAR THE WAY FOR A REQUIREMENT, IN APRIL 1995, THAT ALL NEW DIESEL ENGINES CONFORM TO HIGHER EMISSION STANDARDS,' SAID.

MR KWAN

HE SAID THE INTRODUCTION OF HIGHER QUALITY DIESEL WOULD THE SULPHUR DIOXIDE EMISSIONS FROM DIESEL VEHICLES BY UP TO CENT AND THE

OF THE EUROPEAN STANDARD WOULD ADOPTION POLLUTANTS SUCH AS PARTICULATES AND NITROGEN DIOXIDE.

"THIS

CUT

MEASURES

REDUCE 40 PER OTHER

IN THE MORE IN A

A AND

MEASURE, TOGETHER WITH OTHER CONTROL PIPELINE,

AS SUCH

HIGHER PENALTIES FOR SMOKY VEHICLES STRINGENT INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAMME, SHOULD RESULT SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN AIR QUALITY IN THE URBAN AREAS,

DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.

"I

HE SAID.

HIGHER COMPENSATION FOR INJURED WORKERS

THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR W K LAM, MOVED TWO MOTIONS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) ΤΟ REVISE THE LEVELS OF COMPENSATION UNDER THE EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION ORDINANCE AND THE PNEUMOCONIOSIS (COMPENSATION) ORDINANCE RESPECTIVELY.

MR LAM SAID THESE LEVELS WERE REVISED EVERY TWO YEARS TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF WAGE MOVEMENTS, INFLATION AND OTHER CHANGES.

"THE REVISED RATES WILL BE EFFECTIVE AS FROM JANUARY 1, 1994,"

HE ADDED.

UNDER THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE, THE MINIMUM LEVELS OF COMPENSATION FOR DEATH WILL BE INCREASED FROM $183,000 TO $219,000, AND FOR PERMANENT TOTAL INCAPACITY FROM $207,000 TO $248,000.

WILL

THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION FOR CARE AND ATTENTION BE REVISED FROM $248,000 TO $297,000, WHICH IS IN LINE WITH THE INCREASE IN NOMINAL WAGES IN THE PAST TWO YEARS.

THE CEILING OF TWO OTHER ITEMS OF COMPENSATION WILL

ALSO BE

RAISED.

EXPENSES EMPLOYER

INCLUDE INCREASING THE COMPENSATION FOR BURIAL FROM $10,000 TO $12,000; AND INCREASING THE PAYMENTS BY AN TOWARDS THE COSTS OF SUPPLYING AND FITTING A PROSTHESIS OR A SURGICAL APPLIANCE FROM $20,000 TO $24,000, AND FOR ITS REPAIR AND RENEWAL FROM $62,000 TO $74,000 RESPECTIVELY.

THE MAXIMUM

DAILY REIMBURSEMENT OF MEDICAL EXPENSES WILL BE

RAISED FROM $90 TO $120.

/FOR CALCULATING

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