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n.

i.

ACTION TO BE TAKEN

Construction Sites Safety

Protection of Hearing

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PRESENT POSITION

Scheduled for first quarter of 1978 Commissioner for Labour examining the problems. A code of practice may be more appropriate.. Scheduled for the end of 1978

8.

a.

9.

10.

b.

Restriction of Work

Employment of persons under 14 to be prohibited (1979)

Employment of persons under 15 to be prohibited (1980)

Trade Unions

Removal of restrictions on office holders

ILO Conventions

II.

SOCIAL WELFARE

III.

HOUSING

Effected under Education Legislation

No progress

See Annex C Progress Table, under Labour, Section (i)

For progress on the four main areas of Hong Kong's social welfare programme (the elderly, the disabled, youth and the expansion of social security) see the Annex from a Memorandum for the Executive Council attached to this chart

Construction

Completion of flats:

1977/78

1978/79

1979/80

14,000

20,000

40,000 (including 1,500 for the Home

Ownership Scheme)

In the next 9 years, 42,000 flats should have been completed for the Home Ownership Scheme.

The Standing Committee on Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance continues to work on levelling the difference between fair market and controlled rents