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(b)

the general introduction of compulsory insurance;

(c)

several improvements to the present system of assessing

compensation to ensure that all relevant factors are taken

into account in assessing an injured employee's loss of

earning capacity;

(a)

provision for age to be taken into account in the

assessment of compensation; and

(e)

substantial increases in the maximum limits of compensation

payable.

:

In order to speed up the payment of compensation, I understand the

Working Party also proposes a number of practical measures to achieve

this objective. Whether all the Working Party's recommendations are

proceeded with depends on further consideration and consultation, but

I would hope to bring at least some of them to this Council next year.

Although the legislation to provide for a Pneumoconiosis

compensation scheme was enacted earlier this year, some unforeseen

practical difficulties have, unfortunately, been encountered in drawing

up the necessary statutory regulations to implement the scheme. It

may therefore be necessary for me to propose some further amcndments,

though this will in no way alter the objectives of compensating silicotic

cases under the terms outlined when I introduced the legislation.

This

Sir, you reminded this Council that a further eight trades

were designated during the year under the Apprenticeship Ordinance.

brought the total number of trades designated todate to 31. Following

consultations between the Training Council's Building and Civil Engineering

Industry Training Board and the furniture industry, it is likely that the

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