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CONFIDENTIAL

5. IF PART II OF QUESTION 1 (WHAT AREAS OF INDUSTRY ARE SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED) REFERS TO INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT FIGURES,

THEN THE ANSWER IS THAT NO AREA OF INDUSTRY IS EXCLUDED BECAUSE

FIGURES FOR ALL OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS ARE COLLECTED AND

PUBLISHED. IF THE QUESTION MEANS WHAT AREAS ARE EXCLUDED FROM

THE F AND IU ORDINANCE AND REGULATIONS, INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS

EMPLOYING FEWER THAN 20 PERSONS WHERE (FOLLOWING WORD UNDERLINED) NO POWER-DRIVEN MACHINERY IS USED ARE EXEMPTED FROM SOME OF THE

REQUIREMENTS OF THE LEGISLATION BUT THERE IS (FOLLOWING WORD UNDERLINED) NO PROVISION FOR EXEMPTION FROM REPORTING INDUSTRIAL

ACCIDENTS ON THE GROUNDS OF SIZE. NO PERCENTAGE OF THE HONG KONG

INDUSTRIAL WORKFORCE IS EXEMPTED FROM REPORTING ACCIDENTS AS

DEFINED ON ANY GROUND WHATSOEVER.

QUESTION 2

6. THE STATISTICS FOR ACCIDENTS ISSUED BY THE HONG KONG LABOUR

DEPARTMENT AND HMFI ARE BELIEVED TO BE BROADLY COMPARABLE. (NO STATISTICS UNDER THE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT HAVE YET BEEN PUBLISHED.) THE FOLLOWING DIFFERENCES SHOULD HOWEVER BE NOTED

(1)

(11)

HONG KONG FIGURES COMPRISE ALL OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS

WHEREAS HMFI FIGURES ARE FOR ACCIDENTS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE FACTORIES ACT AND OFFICES SHOPS AND RAILWAY PREMISES

ACT ONLY.

HMFI FIGURES COVER OVER 3-DAY ACCIDENTS WHEREAS HONG KONG

FIGURES INCLUDE ALL KNOWN OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS OF WHATEVER

DURATION OF ABSENCE.

(111) BECAUSE HONG KONG STATISTICS ARE COMPILED FROM A COMMON

FORM FOR THE PURPOSES OF WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AND F AND IU LEGISLATION, THERE IS NO DOUBT A VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF

REPORTING BECAUSE THERE CAN BE NO COMPENSATION UNLESS THERE IS A CLAIM UNDER THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ORDINANCE. HMFI FIGURES ARE NOT LINKED WITH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SECURITY REPORTS AND THERE MAY CONSEQUENTLY BE A LARGE

SHORTFALL IN REPORTING.

GONIUNGITDEAN

/(IV) HONG KONG