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Subject
MEDICAL ( Cont'd)
Purpose
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Progress made and present position
(c) Comments from the Radiographers Board and Occupational Therapists Board on their respective regulations are still awaited.
(a) The Co-ordinating Committee in Para-
Medical Training met on 13 October to review problems relating to training in the para-medical field.
Next quarter target
LABOUR
#9. Review of
Employees'
Compensation Ordinance
10.Employment
(Amendment) Bill (Sickness benefits and death grant)
#11. Employment
(Amendment) Bill (Severance Pay)
To carry out a comprehensive review of the Ordinance and make recommendations to rectify any deficiencies.
To extend sickness benefits and to provide death grant.
To review the provisions on severance pay.
12. International
Labour Conventions
To seek to improve the application of ILO Conventions to Hong Kong
The Bill was gazetted for public comment on 6.8.82 and introduced to Legislative Council on 13.10.82. Resumption of second reading on 24.11.82. The intention is that all provisions except those concerning compulsory insurance should be brought into force six months after the publication of the amending Bill in the gazette and the provision on compulsory insurance to come into force six months later.
A revised Bill is under preparation.
Bill delayed pending reconsideration of
proposed provisions regarding the qualifying
To monitor progress.
To submit the Dill to Executive Council.
To submit the proposals for consider tion of
service for severance pay, the period of lay-offthe Chief Secretary and and rates of payment.
The aggregate situation to date is:
Applied without modification
31*
(including No. 2 pending
registration)
Applied with modification
19
(including Nos. 3 & 147
pending registration)
Decision reserved
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the Financial secretary prior to submission to the Executive Council.
To consider improved declarations in respect of other conventions.
*Note: Since Britain has denounced Convention No. 94, Hong Kong will shortly have to
withdraw its declaration on this 6 onvention.
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