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Oral Answers
MR Y. K. KAN:-Sir, might I suggest that my honourable Friend adopt the proposal which he has just made, that is, to send a pre-paid envelope together with a demand note. That way, I am certain that a lot of people would prefer to send their cheques by post rather than hand them in personally.
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY:-It is very likely that we will adopt this proposal.
Workmen's Compensation
2. MR P. C. Woo asked:-
With the promulgation of the Workmen's Compensation (Amendment) Ordinance 1969 which came into force on the 1st January 1970, domestic servants now fall within the provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Ordin- ance (Cap 282)
(a) Has Government drawn the attention of the public to Regulation 8 of the Workmen's Compensation Regulations, which requires every employer and every insurer carrying on the business of insuring em- ployers against their liabilities under the Workmen's Compensation Ordinance to make a return specified in the Second Schedule of the said Regulations and lodge the same with the Commissioner of Labour on or before the 31st of January in each year in respect of the period 1st January to 31st December of the preceding year?
(b) Whether Government is prepared to issue to the employers and insurers printed forms for the con- venience of the public?
(c) Has Government given thought to the question whether this type of return relating to domestic servants be waived?
MR R. M. HETHERINGTON: ----Sir, the Workmen's Compensation Regulations were made in November 1953 and have remained sub- stantially unchanged since then. Regulation 8 to which my honourable Friend refers was intended to elicit some basic information, particularly in relation to statistics, not then available, from insurers and employers. One of the purposes for requiring these statistics was to enable the Commissioner of Labour to determine the extent to which there was general compliance with the provisions of the Ordinance and, in
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