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compensation

covered by the

would represent

on a different basis from those areas

Employees' Compensation Ordinance and

a significant departure from the

principles on which employers in the quarry and

construction industries were consulted before the

establishment of the Pneumoconiosis Compensation Scheme

in its present form in 1980. If the levy continues

generate surplus funds, the correct approach, in my

to

view, is to reduce the rate of levy, not to expand the

scope of the Board's work.