WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1990
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GOVT'S POLICY TO MAINTAIN PURCHASING POWER OF PENSIONS
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IT HAS BEEN THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY ΤΟ MAINTAIN THE PURCHASING POWER OF CIVIL SERVICE PENSIONS AGAINST PRICE INFLATION AND THIS IS IMPLEMENTED THROUGH ANNUAL PENSION ADJUSTMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UPWARD MOVEMENTS OF CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A).
THE HON SIR DAVID FORD, IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHIEF SECRETARY, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON JAMES MCGREGOR.
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"THERE HAS THEREFORE BEEN NO INCREASE IN THE LEVEL OF CIVIL SERVICE PENSIONS IN REAL TERMS NOR IS IT THE POLICY то DO
So,
HE SAID.
CIVIL SERVICE PENSIONS HAVE BEEN INCREASED AT THE RATE IN THE PAST 10 YEARS:
FOLLOWING
YEAR
PENSION INCREASE AWARDED
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
14 PER CENT
12 PER CENT
9 PER CENT 11 PER CENT 6 PER CENT
3 PER CENT
3 PER CENT
6 PER CENT
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
9 PER CENT
10 PER CENT
120.8 PER CENT
SIR DAVID ADDED THAT PENSION INCREASES ALSO COVERED PENSIONS PAYABLE UNDER THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS PENSION SCHEME WIDOWS' AND CHILDREN'S PENSIONS SCHEME.
WIDOWS AND THE
ACTION TO ENSURE ROADS AND PAVEMENTS ARE KEPT FREE
THE RELEVANT AUTHORITIES WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION WHENEVER MANPOWER RESOURCES PERMIT, TO ENSURE THAT CARRIAGEWAYS AND PAVEMENTS ARE KEPT FREE FOR THEIR INTENDED PURPOSES, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON MICHAEL LEUNG, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON LEUNG WAJ-TUNG, MR LEUNG SAID CARRIAGEWAYS AND PAVEMENTS WERE FACILITIES BUILT FOR PUBLIC ACCESS, AND AS A GENERAL RULE THE NON-TRANSPORT USE OF SUCH CARRIAGEWAYS AND PAVEMENTS WAS TO BE DISCOURAGED.
/THE COMMON