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participate in the proposed home purchase scheme. The major
point requiring resolution concerns the category of staff who
could retain the option for existing housing benefits.
expected that Executive Council's advice would be sought in the
next month or so for implementation after April 1981.
It is
Fringe benefits for married women officers
19.
In November 1980, Executive Council endorsed the
Administration's proposal that married women officers should
be eligible for the same benefits as married men officers
as far as they themselves are concerned, but not for their
husbands and children, with the exception of medical benefits
which will also be provided for their children.
difficulties have been encountered and this policy is being
critically re-examined.
However,
Civil Service Branch Government Secretariat Hong Kong.
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