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-Question No. 4
4.
Fringe benefits for certificate masters in the aided sector
Reply by Secretary for Education & Manpower- to a question by Hen. Mrs. Rita Fan, OBE, JP in Legco on 27 January 1988
Mrs. FAN asked:
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in
The
QuestionT A special commission was formed in 1973 to look into the underlying causes of dispute between the Government and the
at that time. Certificated Masters
special commission recommended, among other things, improvement of fringe benefits enjoyed by Certificated Masters in the aided sector to keep them on par with their government counterparts. Will Government inform this Council what progress has been made since 1973 in this area?
SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER:
Sir,
The Special
Commission on Certificated
cap.
Masters, in its report published in 1976, noted that
fringe benefits for the aided sector were different
from those in the civil service, and in this context,
made two specific recommendations:
(1)
that aided sector school teachers should be
able to take out a home purchase loan from
the Aided or Grant Schools Provident Funds;
and
(2)
ご
that aided sector school teachers should be
covered by the School Medical Service.
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