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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1994

SHOULD CONVICTION,

THE

BILL PROPOSES THAT LATE PAYMENT OF

BE AN

OFFENCE

MAXIMUM LIABLE TO A

FINE

MATERNITY LEAVE PAY UPON OF $10,000

THAT ANOMALY

REGISTERED

TO

THE BILL ALSO SEEKS TO RECTIFY THE DENTISTS ARE NOT PROVIDED BY THE LAW TO ISSUE MEDICAL CERTIFICATE THEIR PATIENTS FOR CLAIMING SICKNESS ALLOWANCE.

EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE

PROVIDES THAT AN

EMPLOYER IS THE

NOT DAY OF LIABLE ΤΟ PAY SICKNESS ALLOWANCE TO AN EMPLOYEE UNLESS THE

ISSUED SICKNESS IS SPECIFIED IN THE "APPROPRIATE MEDICAL CERTIFICATE" BY A MEDICAL PRACTITIONER.

HOWEVER, AT PRESENT

REGISTERED

A

DENTIST

AN

IS NOT EMPLOYEE

MEDICAL REGARDED AS HAVING ENCOUNTERED

CERTIFICATE

AN

ISSUED BY A MEDICAL APPROPRIATE A DENTAL INJURY OR LEAVE

CERTIFICATE. RECEIVED A DENTAL SURGICAL OPERATION REQUIRING A FEW DAYS' SICK IS UNABLE TO RECEIVE SICKNESS ALLOWANCE.

TO

THIS RECTIFY

ANOMALY, THE BILL PROPOSES

TO

INCLUDE

THE

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY A REGISTERED DENTIST AS A VALID DOCUMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF CLAIMING SICKNESS ALLOWANCE.

THE BILL WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGCO ON NOVEMBER 23.

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MARINE PARKS BILL GAZETTED

THE MARINE PARKS BILL WHICH SEEKS TO PROVIDE FOR THE DESIGNATION, MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF MARINE PARKS AND MARINE RESERVES WAS GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY),

THE BILL, IF PASSED, WOULD ENABLE CONSERVATION OF MARINE AREAS IDENTIFIED AS ECOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

A MARINE PARK WILL BE A RELATIVELY LARGE PIECE OF SEA AREA SET ASIDE FOR CONSERVATION, EDUCATION AND RECREATION, A MARINE RESERVE WILL BE A RELATIVELY SMALLER SEA AREA WITH HIGH CONSERVATION VALUR RESERVED MAINLY FOR MARINE BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH.

THE BILL ESTABLISHES THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES AS THE AUTHORITY WHO SHALL CONTROL AND MANAGE MARINE PARKS AND MARINE RESERVES IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COUNTRY AND MARINE PARKS BOARD.

THE PROPOSED PROCEDURES FOR THE DESIGNATION OF A MARINE PARK OR A MARINE RESERVE WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE PROCEDURES SET OUT UNDER THE COUNTRY PARKS ORDINANCE.

THE AUTHORITY WILL. AT THE DIRECTION OF THE GOVERNOR-IN- COUNCIL, PREPARE DRAFT MAP OF A PROPOSED MARINE PARK OR MARINE RESERVE, AND THEN PUBLISH A NOTICE IN THE GAZETTE AND NEWSPAPERS MAKE THE DRAFT MAP AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION.

AND

/ANY PERSON