Following is a question by the Hon Chan Kin-por and a reply by the Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Matthew Cheung Kin-chung, in the Legislative Council March 4: Question:In the first half of last year, the number of occupational injuries and deaths was over 20 000 and, among them, 100 were fatal cases, which …
MR CHAN KIN-POR (in Cantonese): My supplementary question is: What progress has there been with regard to the Government’s discussion with the Mainland on lowering the threshold for Hong Kong’s insurance industry to enter the Mainland market (including Guangdong Province)? SECRETARY FOR COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (in Cantonese): I would like to thank Mr CHAN …
Following is a question by the Hon Chan Kin-por and a written reply by the Secretary for Justice, Mr Wong Yan Lung, SC, in the Legislative Council (February 18): Question: It has been reported that some recovery agents (“RAs”) (i.e. organisations which assist victims, usually of personal injury cases, in recovering damages in return for …
MR CHAN KIN-POR (in Cantonese): My supplementary question is: What progress has there been with regard to the Government’s discussion with the Mainland on lowering the threshold for Hong Kong’s insurance industry to enter the Mainland market (including Guangdong Province)? SECRETARY FOR COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (in Cantonese): I would like to thank Mr CHAN …
MR CHAN KIN-POR (in Cantonese): Currently, there are frequent criticisms about commercial medical insurance concerning the many exempted items such as existing illnesses and psychiatric diseases. Besides, premiums for the old-aged are high and are increasing tremendously. The main reason is that insurance companies have to charge according to the risks involved. One of the …
Question: Quite a number of members of the insurance industry have relayed to me that as the economic and trade relationship between Guangdong and Hong Kong is getting closer, the industry wishes to provide insurance services to Hong Kong businessmen operating in the Mainland and also have further exchange with the insurance industry of the …
