SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1988
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$52 MILLION COMPENSATION PACKAGE OPTION
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COMPENSATION PACKAGE TOTALLING ABOUT $52 MILLION WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY FOR ELIGIBLE KOWLOON WALLED CITY CLINIC PROPRIETORS,
THIS OPTION FOR PERMANENT EXTINGUISHMENT OF BUSINESS IS AN ALTERNATIVE TO HAVING THEIR COMPENSATION ASSESSED ACCORDING ΤΟ THE RULES FOR BUSINESS LOSS PAYMENTS ANNOUNCED BY THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON CLEARANCE OF KOWLOON WALLED CITY LAST DECEMBER.
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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING GROUP ON THE UNREGISTERED MEDICAL AND DENTAL PRACTITIONERS IN THE WALLED CITY, MR PAO PING-WING, TODAY SAID THE PROPRIETORS OPTING FOR THIS ALTERNATIVE WILL EACH RECEIVE LUMP SUM PAYMENT OF $342,000.
"THIS AMOUNT WILL NOT BE REVISED IN FUTURE," MR PAO SAID.
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HE SAID THIS ARRANGEMENT WAS ONE OF TWO COURSES OF ACTION RECOMMENDED BY THE WORKING GROUP.
THE GROUP ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT ASSISTANCE BE OFFERED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TO PRACTITIONERS TO RE-ESTABLISH THEMSELVES IN
OTHER FORMS OF EMPLOYMENT.
MR PAO SAID THE RECOMMENDED PACKAGE SHOULD OFFER A PRACTICABLE SOLUTION TO THIS VERY SPECIAL PROBLEM.
HE SAID THAT IN ARRIVING AT THE FIGURE OF $342,000, CONSIDERATION HAD BEEN TAKEN INTO FACTORS SUCH AS THE GENERAL EARNINGS OF THE PRACTITIONERS IN THE WALLED CITY, THE SALARY RANGE COMPARABLE JOBS IN HONG KONG AND THEIR AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD SIZR.
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"WE HAVE ALSO TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THE REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME FOR THEM TO ADJUST TO A NEW LIFE STYLE, HE ADDED.
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MR PAO POINTED OUT THAT FOR THOSE NOT SATISFIED WITH EITHER THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR COMPENSATION OR THE AMOUNT OF THE COMPENSATION ASSESSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES FOR BUSINESS LOSS PAYMENTS, THEY COULD MAKE REFERENCE TO THE APPEALS TRIBUNAL OR THE ASSESSMENT REVIEW BOARD AT THE SPECIAL DUTIES OFFICE IN LOK FU.
"BUT IF THEY OPT FOR THE LUMP SUM PAYMENT, $342,000 IS NOT SUBJECT TO NEGOTIATION,' MR PAO SAID.
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THE OFFICE, WITH STAFF FROM CITY AND NEW ADMINISTRATION, BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT, HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND THE REGISTRAR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT, IS RESPONSIBLF FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE SEVEN-MEMBER WORKING GROUP ON THE UNREGISTERED MEDICAL AND DENTAL PRACTITIONERS IN THE KOWLOON WALLED CITY WAS FORMED IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR. IT IS CHAIRED BY MR PAO PING-WING AND COMPRISES MR CHAN HIP-PING, MR TANG TAI-CHUEN, DR SIU LEUNG-CHON, DR NG KIN-HAI, MR CHIN MOU-LAM AND MR LEE TAK-HONG.
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