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after resignation on the grounds of ill-health or inability to eentique

evidence

working, these workers must get a medical certificate from medical

practitioners in Government

ment or subvented hospitals. This will bring

all along

inconvenience to workers who have been consulting private doctors. By

so doing will be concerned workers to change their habit.

They will have

to go to government or subvented hospitals for treatment or check-ups in

forcing bel

refined

evidence.

order to get the medical certificate" from the

Owing to

in these hospit

secause of this, the Honourable 10 Sai-chi and I, myself, hope

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hon.

legislation

that the Government will amend the 1 to delegate

authority to

doctors in Government or subvented hospitals to contact the private

directly for their

doctors of these workers that they can obtain the

of these workers and issue effective medical documents.

medical records so that

Since in the

early stage of implementation, we will not know how long it will take to

deal with these transfer cases and how long the whole process can be

after

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completed. I hope, one year of implementation, the Government will

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order

review t

conduct analysis and review/to understand how many people would be

delayed inconvenienced to because of these procedures and then to consider

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amendment if necessary.

sir,

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Concerns

Mr Chairman, my other comment is on the meaning of the Kong Service Payment Scheme. I remember that when the Kong Service Payment Scheme

drawn

was first launched by the Government, the Government stated that

the objective is to protect workers, who have been working for the same

being dismissed

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employers for a number of years, then af limesed by them exployers

that employers who

before, the clue down of the companies the law wi

will not be able to hanipulaté

abuse

ihan attempt to curtid the ordinance ana ¿yoiu szop the ore

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paying compensation to these workers, after he company slosed.

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So we

curtain believe workers who have worked for a/number of years should be qualified

a number

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