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The Committee notes that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matter raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

Article 5 of the Convention. In case of death or permanent incapacity the law provides only for payment of a lump sum (Workmen's Compensation Ordinance, section 4, as amended), whereas the Convention lays down the principle that periodical payments should be made throughout the contingency, allowing them to be converted into a lump sum provided that the competent authority is satisfied that it will be properly utilised.

Article 9. The Committee drew the Government's attention to the need to incorporate in the legislation a provision expressly stipulating that medical, surgical and pharmaceutical aid shall be provided free of charge as required by the Convention, since the law provides only for payment of hospital expenses (Workmen's Compensation Ordinance, section 11A, amended by Ordinance No. 2 of 1978).