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WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1991
"CALCULATIONS ARE MADE
AND
AND
ACCORDING TO A FULL-COST PRINCIPLE, WHICH EMBRACES STAFF COSTS, DEPARTMENTAL EXPENSES. MAINTENANCE DEPRECIATION, ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEADS AND OTHER OPERATING COSTS; AN AVERAGE-COST APPROACH, SHE EXPLAINED.
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BUT
WERE
MRS WONG ADDED THAT SUCH INFORMATION WAS ACCURATE DEFICIENT IN MANY RESPECTS, E.G., DATA ON COST OF SERVICES WHICH PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE WERE NOT READILY AVAILABLE AND DATA ON THE SUBVENTED SECTOR WERE LIMITED AND FRAGMENTED.
"WE CONSIDER THAT THERE IS A NEED TO IMPROVE THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, SHE SAID.
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EXTENSION OF SERVICE AFTER RETIREMENT DEPENDS ON SERVICE NEED: CS
THE ADMINISTRATION'S POLICY ON THE CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT OF CIVIL SERVANTS BEYOND THEIR RETIREMENT AGE IS THAT FURTHER EMPLOYMENT SHOULD BE PRIMARILY SUBJECT TO SERVICE NEED, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON SIR DAVID FORD, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
OFFICER
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHENG HON-KWAN, SIR DAVID SAID THE CONDITIONS FOR RE – EMPLOYMENT DEPENDED ON WHETHER THE WAS SERVING UNDER THE OLD PENSION SCHEME OR THE NEW PENSION SCHEME.
"FOR OFFICERS WHO ARE UNDER THE OLD PENSION SCHEME, THE PRESENT POLICY, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS BEING MET, IS TO ALLOW THEM To BE RE-EMPLOYED IN THE SERVICE WHEN THEY REACH THE NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE, UP TO THE AGE OF 60.
"THE CONDITIONS ARE THAT AN OFFICER MUST BE PHYSICALLY FIT. FULLY EFFICIENT AND THAT HIS OR HER FURTHER EMPLOYMENT WOULD NOT CAUSE PROMOTION BLOCKAGE.
"IF AN OFFICER FULLY SATISFIES ALL THOSE CRITERIA EXCEPT THAT CONCERNING PROMOTION BLOCKAGE, HE OR SHE MAY BE RE-EMPLOYED IN A LOWER RANK OF HIS GRADE,' SIR DAVID SAID.
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY POINTED OUT THAT AN EXTENSION OF SERVICE BEYOND THE RETIREMENT AGE OF 60 UNDER THE NEW PENSION SCHEME WAS ALLOWED ONLY UNDER EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, SUCH AS THE NEED ΤΟ RETAIN THE EXPERTISE OF AN OFFICER, OR WHERE THERE WAS SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF STAFF OR WHERE THERE WAS COMPASSIONATE CONSIDERATION IN THE CASE OF MOD I STAFF.
"THE SAME PRINCIPLE APPLIES TO THE RE-EMPLOYMENT OF OFFICERS UNDER THE OLD PENSION SCHEME BEYOND THE AGE OF 60, HE ADDED.
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SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT THERE WERE 4,299 OFFICERS WHO SERVED UNDER THE OLD PENSION SCHEME WERE RE-EMPLOYED AS AT APRIL
1, 1989; 3,334 AND 2,680 IN THE SAME PERIOD OF 1990 AND 1991.
/HE SAID