Wednesday, July 5, 1972
NEW SCHEME FOR MARRIED WOMEN IN GOVT. SERVICE
Necessary amendments to the pensions legislation in respect
of married women in Government service have been drafted and should
reach the Executive Council in about three weeks' time.
This was stated today by the Acting Colonial Secretary, the
Hon. M.D.A. Clinton, in the Legislative Council in reply to a question
by the Hon. Ellen Li.
Mrs. Li had asked when full details would be announced of the
scheme for pensionability of married women in Government service and of
the arrangements for their employment on contract, and when these schemes
would be implemented.
Mr. Clinton said the Senior Service Council reached agreement
at the end of April on the detailed scheme, the substance of which had
been approved by the Finance Committee in January.
He said full details of the approved schemes, including the
terms for employing married women on contract, would be announced when
the Bill comes up for consideration by the Legislative Council.
"I hope that the schemes can then be implemented before the end
of the year," he added,
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