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Election report submitted to the Governor

The Boundary and Election Commission (BEC) today (Friday) submitted its report to the Governor on the Legislative Council elections held on September 17.

BEC is responsible for the supervision and conduct of elections. It is required under the law to submit a report to the Governor within three months of the date of each general or ordinary election.

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New compensation rates for employees gazetted

New compensation rates under the Employees' Compensation Ordinance (ECO) and Pneumoconiosis (Compensation) Ordinance (PCO) were gazetted today (Friday) and would take effect on January 1, 1996.

The wage ceiling for calculating compensation for permanent total incapacity and death under ECO will be raised to $18,000.

Accordingly, the maximum amount of compensation payable for permanent total incapacity and death will be $1,728,000 and $1,512,000 respectively.

The minimum compensation will be $262,000 for death and $297,000 for permanent total incapacity. For employees requiring attention, the maximum amount of compensation will be $356,000.

A spokesman for the Labour Department said allowances for victims of work accidents to acquire prostheses or surgical appliances would also be revised. The maximum costs for supplying and fitting such items will be raised to $28,000 and those for repair and renewal to $86,000.

He said for the purpose of calculating compensation, the level of deemed minimum earnings per month would be raised to $2,450.