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Since

April

1985,

when

the Fund

came

into

operation, eight applications involving 16 employees have had to be refused by the Commissioner for Labour because of this restriction. If claims of $5,000 or less are accepted,

it is estimated that there will be about 30 such claims a

a

ᄉ

year,

involving, payment of about $150,000 from the Fund.

This represents less than 1

per cent

of annual payments from

the

fe Fund. le

Je

Clause 2 of the Bill seeks to amend Section 16 of

the Ordinance to enable the Commissioner for Labour to make

ofle exfgratia payments

lo

from

the Fund

to

are

employees who

prevented from presenting a bankruptcy petition because of

the restriction in Section

6(1)(a) of the

Bankruptcy

Ordinance.

to be

Sir,

this seems to me

a very

worthwhile

improvement to the Ordinance and it has the support of both the Labour Advisory Board and of the Fund Board.

I move that the debate on this motion be adjourned.

Question on adjournment proposed, put and agreed to.