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FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1994

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REGARDING THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEP LAP KOK, MR PATTEN SAID TO GROUND HANDLING AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS MUST BE DEVELOPED ENSURE SAFE OPERATION,

THEMSELVES MUST BE MANAGED AND OPERATED

THE AIRLINES

EFFICIENTLY, HE ADDED.

HELD HE WAS GRATEFUL THAT THE FEDERATION HAD ALREADY WITH THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY ON THE INSTRUMENT SYSTEM AND RUNWAY DESIGNS FOR THE NEW AIRPORT.

MEETINGS

LANDING

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WIDER PROTECTION FOR INJURED EMPLOYERS PROPOSED

THE

NUMBER

OF

PROVIDE

HAS

TO PROPOSED

MAKE A DEPARTMENT LABOUR AMENDMENTS TO THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE (ECO) TO WIDER PROTECTION FOR EMPLOYEES WHO WERE INJURED AT WORK.

THE EMPLOYEES' DETAILS OF THE PROPOSAL HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN COMPENSATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1994 WHICH WAS GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY).

ACCIDENT "UNDER THE PROPOSAL, AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS INJURED IN AN ON THE WAY TO OR FROM HIS PLACE OF WORK WHEN TYPHOON SIGNAL NO. 8 OR WOULD BR ABOVE, OR RED OR BLACK RAINSTORM WARNING SIGNAL, IS ISSUED

FOR LABOUR ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION," ANGELA HO SAID.

MRS

WEATHER

HE

THEREFORE

"AN EMPLOYEE TRAVELLING TO OR FROM WORK UNDER ADVERSE CONDITION WOULD BE EXPOSED TO RISKS HIGHER THAN NORMAL, SHOULD BE PROTECTED UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES," SHE EXPLAINED.

HE SHE SAID AT PRESENT, AN EMPLOYEE WHO SUSTAINED INJURY WHEN

WORK OR VICE TRAVELLED FROM HIS PLACE OF RESIDENCE TO HIS PLACE OF VERSA WAS NOT ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION UNLESS HE WAS TRAVELLING AS A PASSENGER BY MEANS OF TRANSPORT PROVIDED BY THE EMPLOYER.

"THE

AN COMPENSABLE DEPARTMENT ALSO PROPOSED TO MAKE LABOUR ACCIDENT HAPPENING TO AN EMPLOYEE WHILE DRIVING OR OPERATING ANY MEANS PLACE OF TRANSPORT PROVIDED BY HIS EMPLOYER BETWEEN HIS HOME AND HIS

MRS HO SAID. OF WORK IN CONNECTION WITH HIS EMPLOYMENT,

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"SIMILARLY, AN EMPLOYEE WOULD BE ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION IF AN AND HIS ACCIDENT HAPPENED TO HIM WHILE TRAVELLING BETWEEN HONG KONG

OR PLACE OF WORK OUTSIDE HONG KONG BY MEANS OF TRANSPORT ARRANGED BY AGREED WITH HIS EMPLOYER.

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MEDICAL REGARDS

EXPENSES, IT WAS

ΤΟ GIVE

THE EMPLOYEE

PROPOSED AS COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR THE POWER TO PROCESS A CLAIM FROM AN FOR MEDICAL EXPENSES INCURRED BY HIM OR HER OUTSIDE HONG KONG AND TO HO ASSESS THE AMOUNT OF MEDICAL EXPENSES PAYABLE BY THE EMPLOYER, MRS SAID.

'MEDICAL FORMS

"THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD EXTEND THE DEFINITION OF EXPENSES' TO INCLUDE THE MEDICAL EXPENSES SO ASSESSED AND OTHER OF CURATIVE TREATMENT GIVEN BY REGISTERED PRACTITIONERS UNDER THE LAWS OF HONG KONG.

"IN ADDITION,