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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1974.
NOT ALL CIVIL SERVANTS ELIGIBLE FOR PENSION
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THE ACTING COLONIAL SECRETARY, THE HON. MICHAEL CLINTON, TODAY OUTLINED THE FOUR CATEGORIES OF GOVERNMENT SERVANTS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR A PENSION FOR ALLOWANCE IN LIEU OF A PENSION.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. ANN TSE-KAI IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR. CLINTON SAID THE FIRST CATEGORY COMPRISED OFFICERS SERVING ON GRATUITY-BEARING AGREEMENT TERMS. +THEY RECEIVE A GRATUITY NORMALLY CALCULATED AT 25 PER CENT OF GROSS SALARY DRAWN DURING THE PERIOD OF SERVICE PLUS EARNED LEAVE.+
THE SECOND CATEGORY IS MADE UP OF OFFICERS ON THE PENSIONABLE OR NON-PENSIONABLE ESTABLISHMENT WHO RETIRE WITH LESS THAN TEN COMPLETED YEARS OF SERVICE. THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A SHORT SERVICE GRATUITY OF AN AMOUNT NOT EXCEEDING FIVE TIMES THE ANNUAL PENSION OR ALLOWANCE FOR WHICH THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ELIGIBLE HAD THERE BEEN NO QUALIFYING PERIOD, MR. CLINTON EXPLAINED.
THE THIRD CATEGORY CONSISTS OF FEMALE OFFICERS WHO WERE APPOINTED TO PENSIONABLE OFFICES BEFORE THE NOVEMBER 17, 1972, THE DATE ON WHICH THE MARRIAGE BAR IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE WAS REMOVED, AND WHO RETIRE ON MARRIAGE AFTER FIVE OR MORE COMPLETED YEARS OF SERVICE.
+THEY MAY, IF THEY WISH, ELECT TO CEASE TO SERVE ON PENSION- ABLE TERMS,+ HE SAID. IF THEY DO, THEY RECEIVE A GRATUITY OF AN AMOUNT NOT EXCEEDING ONE YEAR'S PENSIONABLE EMOLUMENTS, OR FOUR AND ONE-SIXTH TIMES THE ANNUAL AMOUNT OF THE PENSION WHICH MIGHT HAVE BEEN GRANTED TO THEM, WHICHEVER IS THE LESS, IN RESPECT OF THEIR SERVICE AS SINGLE OFFICERS.+
THE FOURTH CATEGORY COMPRISES DAILY-PAID EMPLOYEES. THOSE WHO RETIRE WITH FIVE OR MORE YEARS UNBROKEN SERVICE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRATUITY AT THE RATE OF 15 TIMES THEIR DAILY PAY AT THE TIME OF THEIR RETIREMENT FOR EVERY 12 MONTHS OF COMPLETED SERVICE.
THOSE RETIRING WITH LESS THAN FIVE YEARS SERVICE ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS BENEFIT. MR. CLINTON SAID.
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