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In order to correct the imbalance between

and to reduce accumulated

income and expenditure

reserves, the Board has recommended

to the Government

that the current 0.15 per cent rate of levy be further

The

reduced to 0.05 per cent.

purpose of this

resolution is to put the Board's recommendation into

effect.

Both Mr HO Sai chu and Dr CHIU Hin Kwong have

previously suggested that some part of the funds

available to the Board might be devoted to education,

publicity and research in connection with prevention of

the disease. The Board is now consulting the Building

Contractors' Association and the Hong Kong Contract

Quarry Association on this suggestion. Subject to

to the

favourable outcome of these consultations,

due

course

Pneumoconiosis

I shall in

amend the

introduce proposals to

(Compensation) Ordinance to enable the

Board to undertake these additional activities.

The trend of income and expenditure and the

level of reserves will, of course, continue to be kept

under review and further adjustments to the rate of levy

will be proposed as appropriate.

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