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Industrial Safety
Whilst our record in recent years improved gradually. the accident rate particularly in construction sites is still far from acceptable A comprehensive review of industrial safety is now being conducted The Steering Group on Industrial Safety which I chair, supported by two working groups is making good progress in its As part of the deliberations on measures to improve and promote industrial safety review, visits to Australia. Japan and Singapore were undertaken to learn from the merits of these systems and policies in preventing industrial accidents and promoting a safety culture. Specialist advice has been provided to the Steering Group by an expert on industrial safety with in-depth knowledge of Hong Kong 4 firm of management consultants has just been appointed to carry out a comprehensive review on the organisational structure, functioning and establishment of the Factory Inspectorate.
We are on track to complete the review by the summer and will publish our proposals for consultation later in the year
Retirement Protection
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Finally, a progress on retirement protection Since this Council passed a motion on 8 March urging Government to introduce as expeditiously as possible mandatory, privately managed occupational retirement protection system we have been making good progress. We have established a multi-disciplinary ask Force dedicated to follow up on this proposal. A consultant team has just been appointed to advise us on the detailed aspects of the MPF We expect to receive preliminary findings in early We shall keep throuncil informed of April, and the final report by 18 April progress through the Manpower Panci
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