SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1991
WORKING GROUP ON RETIREMENT PROTECTION SET UP
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IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES, A (SATURDAY) CONFIRMED THAT RETIREMENT PROTECTION
GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY AN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL WORKING GROUP ON HAS BEEN SET UP UNDER THE
CHAIRMANSHIP OF
THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN.
THE
MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES
INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT,
BRANCH, ECONOMIC SERVICES BRANCH.
REPRESENTATIVES
FROM THE
HEALTH
DEPARTMENT, MONETARY AFFAIRS
AND WELFARE
BRANCH
AND
LABOUR BRANCH, FINANCE
THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF
THE RETIREMENT
PROTECTION WORKING
GROUP ARE:
TO REVIEW RETIREMENT PROTECTION;
THE
EXISTING PROVISIONS
OR
SCHEMES
RELATING
TO
TO
THE PRACTICABILITY
OF POSSIBLE
OPTIONS FOR
ASSESS COMMUNITY-WIDE RETIREMENT PROTECTION;
TO ASSESS THE
IMPLICATIONS
(FINANCIAL, ECONOMIC,
LEGAL
AND
SOCIAL) OF POSSIBLE OPTIONS; AND
TO LIAISE WITH AND CONSULT RELEVANT BODIES.
IN
OF
NOT IS A THAT, IN COMPULSORY BY THE
ON THE STAND ΤΟ RESPONSE
THE SPECIFIC QUESTION
HAS CONCLUDED GOVERNMENT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL
IN ITS POSITION THAT, WHILE THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD MAINTAIN SUPPORTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CENTRAL PROVIDENT FUND, THERE
AND SCHEMES RETIREMENT GREATER NEED FOR COMMUNITY-WIDE
INCLUDE VARIOUS
OF FORMS NOW BE EXAMINED
PRINCIPLE,
RETIREMENT
THESE SCHEMES,
SHOULD
WHICH SHOULD
ADMINISTRATION.
TOWN PLANNING ORDINANCE REVIEW TO COPE WITH RAPID CHANGES
ORDINANCE IS NOT AN THE TASK OF REVAMPING THE TOWN PLANNING
HAVE PLANNING EASY ONE, BUT IT HAS TO BE DONE SO THAT HONG KONG CAN
SOCIAL AND CAN COPE WITH THE RAPID POLITICAL, LEGISLATION THAT ECONOMIC CHANGES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE.
THIS WAS STATED TODAY (SATURDAY) BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, CONFERENCE ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR GRAHAM BARNES, WHEN ADDRESSING A
ORGANISED ON THE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE TOWN PLANNING ORDINANCE, BY THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF EXTRAMURAL STUDIES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
PLANNERS
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
/OUTLINING THE