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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1975.
MISUNDERSTANDINGS ON PENSION INCREASES CLARIFIED
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THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR. ALAN SCOTT, SAID TODAY THERE WAS NO QUESTION THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN ILLEGALLY PAYING PENSION INCREASES.
HE WAS COMMENTING ON A NEWSPAPER REPORT THIS MORNING WHICH SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN MAKING ILLEGAL PAYMENTS OF PENSION INCREASES OVER THE PAST 29 YEARS.
MR. SCOTT SAID THE REPORT APPEARED TO STEM FROM A MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE PENSIONS (INCREASE) BILL WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY AND WILL SOON BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
HE EXPLAINED THAT AT PRESENT PENSIONS INCREASES ARE SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. AND, HE ADDED, EACH YEAR THE DRAFT ESTIMATES OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE, WHICH INCLUDE PROVISION FOR PENSIONS, ARE DEBATED AND SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,
+SO THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT THE PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN ILLEGAL.+
THE DILL PUBLISHED TODAY MERELY SEEKS TO INCORPORATE THE EXISTING INCREASES IN AN ORDINANCE. FUTURE INCREASES IN PENSIONS WILL DE INCORPORATED IN THE SCHEDULE TO THE ORDINACE BY MEANS OF A RESOLUTION IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
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