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DRAFT

MOTION

by the Honourable J.N. Henderson, OBE, JP

Secretary for Education and Manpower

in the Legislative Council on 4th December 1985

PNEUMOCONIOSIS (COMPENSATION) ORDINANCE (CAP. 360)

Sir,

I move the motion standing in my name on the

Order Paper.

The Pneumoconiosis Compensation Fund Board was

established to administer the Pneumoconiosis Compensation

Fund, which is financed by a levy of 0.2 per cent of the

value of construction works with a value of at least $1

million and of quarry products.

When the Board began operation, it had to deal

with an initially large number of claimants, many of whom

were seriously incapacitated by pneumoconiosis. These

claims have now been processed and, where appropriate,

compensation has been paid. Claimants are now coming

forward in smaller numbers and at an earlier stage of the disease.

As a result, the Board's expenditure on compensation has fallen

the last two years while its income has remained steady.

This trend is likely to continue.