TNAG-0740-FCO40-944-Quarterly-progress-reports-from-Hong-Kong-1978 — Page 151

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CONFIDENTIAL

Subject

Employment (Amendment) Bill

Workmen's Compensation Repair and Renewal of Prostheses and Surgical Appliances

SOCIAL WELFARE

30. Review of Functions and Organisation of the Social Welfare Department

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Purpose

Progress made..and present position

To rectify deficiencies in Meeting held with the Legal Department on the the Employment Ordinance rationale behind this legal exercise. A further connected with law enforce-explanatory note incorporating the need to enact ment, to transfer existing new legislation (together with details) to control provisions in the

Factories and Industrial Undertakings Regulations relating to control of employment of women and young persons in industrial undertakings and dangerous trades to the Employment Ordinance, and to seek enabling powers to control the employment of young person's generally.

To ensure that the repair and renewal of prostheses and surgical appliances is provided at no cost to injured workmen.

the employment of young persons in order to assist in the implementation of compulsory junior secondary education, is being prepared for submission to the Attorney General.

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Legislative measures are being examined by the Inter-departmental Working Party on the Review of the Workmen's Compensation Ordinance. A stop-gap administrative arrangement whereby charitable funds are pooled to finance the repair and renewal of prostheses and surgical appliances will be finalised shortly.

To implement proposals for The Establishment Sub-Committee has approved the the regionalisation of the creation of the necessary posts for the regiona- Social Welfare Department. lisation of the department and the Finance Committee's approvał will be sought on 16th August. The reorganisation will be implemented by stages commencing from 1st October. Accommoda tion for the various regional and district offices is being acquired.

Next quarter targets

To produce a first draft of the Bill.

To publicise and implement the stop-gap arrangement.

To monitor progress of

regionalisation.

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