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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1993

LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S LABOUR OFFICER

(COMPENSATION), MRS MARY COMPENSATION FOR DEATH

CHENG, SAID UNDER THE ECO, THE MINIMUM WOULD BE $219,000, AND FOR PERMANENT TOTAL INCAPACITY $248,000.

FOR EMPLOYEES REQUIRING CONSTANT ATTENTION, THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT

OF COMPENSATION WILL BE INCREASED TO $297,000.

TO

SAID THE

AS REGARDS THE ALLOWANCES TO HELP VICTIMS OF WORK ACCIDENTS ACQUIRE PROSTHESES OR SURGICAL APPLIANCES, MRS CHENG MAXIMUM COSTS OF SUPPLYING AND FITTING SUCH ITEMS WILL BE RAISED TO $24,000, AND THOSE OF REPAIR AND RENEWAL TO $74,000.

THE

SHE NOTED THAT FOR THE PURPOSE OF CALCULATING COMPENSATION,

THE DEEMED MINIMUM EARNINGS PER MONTH WILL BE RAISED TO

LEVEL OF $2,250.

"IN RESPECT OF LATE PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION ASSESSED OR APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, THE MINIMUM SURCHARGE WILL BE INCREASED TO $350 UPON EXPIRY OF THE PAYMENT PERIOD, AND TO $700 WHERE COMPENSATION REMAINS UNPAID THREE MONTHS AFTER THE EXPIRY OF THE PAYMENT PERIOD," MRS CHENG SAID.

IN ADDITION, THE BURIAL EXPENSES FOR EMPLOYEES DIED AT WORK AND THE MAXIMUM DAILY REIMBURSEMENT FOR MEDICAL EXPENSES UNDER THE ECO WILL BE ADJUSTED TO $12,000 AND $120 RESPECTIVELY.

"THE SAME RATES WILL ALSO APPLY TO FUNERAL EXPENSES AND MEDICAL EXPENSES PAYABLE UNDER THE PCO," SHE ADDED.

ENQUIRIES ON EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COMPENSATION CAN BE MADE ON TEL 733 2338.

AND PNEUMOCONIOSIS

NEW FEES FOR FILM CENSORSHIP

A NUMBER OF NEW FEES WILL COME INTO EFFECT ON JANUARY 14 TO IMPLEMENT VARIOUS PROPOSALS UNDER THE FILM CENSORSHIP (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE ENACTED IN JULY THIS YEAR.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE RECREATION AND CULTURE BRANCH SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT THE ORDINANCE AIMED TO REGULATE THE PUBLICATION, IN THE FORM OF VIDEO TAPES OR LASER DISCS, OF FILMS EXAMINED UNDER THE ORDINANCE.

"UNDER THE ORDINANCE, A FEE IS PAYABLE FOR THE EXAMINATION OF FILMS EXEMPTED FROM CLASSIFICATION BY THE FILM CENSORSHIP THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

AUTHORITY,"

"THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT THE FULL COSTS ARE RECOVERED FOR THE EXAMINATION OF EXEMPTED FILMS IF THEY ARE SHOWN FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES," HE EXPLAINED.

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