CODE 18-77
AWO Ltd.
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CONFIDENTIAL
Reference....
Comments on points made in Roy Foster's letter of 2 March 1987
Abolition of Office/Compulsory Retirement
Presumably negotiations with Staff Associations have led to the more generous provisions and it is now too late in the day to go back to 1984 thinking. We also assume that the Chinese Government have accepted these arrangements.
Page 9 & 10
Our understanding is that it is a way of getting rid of the 'dead wood'. As in all pensions schemes there must be an incentive to make them go. Deferred payments are no incentive.
Clause 9
We had assumed that the Circular would issue shortly after the Bill becomes law with say, 6 months for officers to make up their minds. If this is not the case then Roy Foster has a point.
Clause 10(3)
They already can retire at 45.
Clause 11(1)(c)
This clause can only safely be deleted if there are no serving officers who opt for the new scheme and have a right, say, to return to the UK civil service.
Clause 11(1)(h)
This does not offer automatic retirement since it is normally used sparingly. The effects of regrading would be an administrative nightmare.
Clause 20 (1)
The PCSPS has no qualifying period. The Colonial Pensions Model restricts payment to those who have passed their probationary period. Presumably staff are medically examined before appointment?
Clause 20(3)
As we read this clause it refers to someone dying almost immediately after retirement and his estate receives the equivalent of his salary or the amount produced by 50% commutation less pension and any gratuity already paid.
Clause 20(7)
Is it intended to use annual pensionable emoluments and pension gratuity. This could lead to exceedingly generous
payments.
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