FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1978
SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR PENSION PAYMENT
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APPROVAL HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE TREASURY TO PAY LOCAL PENSIONERS ON DECEMBER 29 AND NEXT MONTH ON JANUARY 26, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TREASURY SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
HE SAID THE SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE TO ENSURE THAT PENSIONERS WILL BE PAID BEFORE NEW YEAR AND THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
+THERE ARE 14,000 PENSIONERS DRAWING PENSION IN HONG KONG AND OF THESE ABOUT 10,500 ARE PAID DIRECT INTO THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS THROUGH THE AUTO PAY SYSTEM, HE SAID.
THE REST COLLECT PENSION AT THE VARIOUS TREASURY OFFICES IN CENTRAL, CAUSEWAY BAY, YAU MA TEI AND KOWLOON CITY OR THE DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION IN SHA TIN, TAI PO, YUEN LONG, TUEN MUN AND TSUEN WAN.
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO URGED PENSIONERS WHO HAVE NOT USED THE AUTO- PAY SYSTEM TO DO SO IN THEIR OWN BEST INTEREST.
+IN SO DOING, IT WILL SAVE THEM TIME IN TRAVELLING TO AND FROM THE NEAREST PAYMENT OFFICE TO GET THE IR PENSION, HE SAID.
APPLICATION FORMS FOR PENSION PAYMENT THROUGH THE AUTO-PAY SYSTEM ARE OBTAINABLE EITHER IN PERSON OR BY WRITING TO THE TREASURY PENSIONS SECTION, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICE, WEST WING, SECOND FLOOR, ROOM 204.
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