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If

agreement with Her Majesty's Govorniment for joint funding of the difference between the home and overdoas otudent food.

arrangements can be agrood, Hong Kong students in Britain' will,

subject to a means test, pay the same feae ac home studento. We shall also be studying the possibility of co-ordinated

scheme of scholarshipo to universities and institutions abroad, in order to help meet current and expected shortages of manpower in particular atoas.

77.

(2) Labour

(ż) Industrial cafety and health

comparable

In yoażo

recent years an ambitious publicity programme has made an appreciable impact on the awarendag of the public of the importance of industrial safety and health. The nomontum. of the programme will be maintained through increasing use of modern publicity techniques,

78.

(11) Legislation

The Employees'

Compóngation (Amendment) Bill which Covera the introduction of compulsory insurance., tho establishment ΟΙ a. more effective machinery for asocscing compensation, and moaquree to expedite Settlement of compensation claims, has been published and will be consideród by Honourable Members in the coming weeks.

79.

Amendments

to

the Factories

make provisions

and

Inductrial

for the enforcing

Undertakings Ordinance to make authority to

to carry

carry out an onquiry into a Borious accident, which may not have resulted in injuries or where no inqueat in be held, and to simplify the registration proceduze for factories' will be put before · Honourable Members during this

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session.

80.

Further amendments to the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations to improve safety meacuzes for workers working at

haichte d