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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1993
OF RETIREMENT
ABOUT 30 PER CENT OR 850,000 MEMBERS OF THE WORKING POPULATION, EXCLUDING THE CIVIL SERVICE, IS COVERED BY SOME FORM SCHEME.
AS THE
OCCUPATIONAL
RETIREMENT SCHEMES
ORDINANCE
WHICH A FULL
REGULATES ALL SCHEMES IN HONG KONG STARTED ONLY IN OCTOBER, RECORD OF SCHEMES IS NOT YET AVAILABLE.
"MORE
SCHEMES IS REGISTRATION
ON THE OPERATION OF RETIREMENT INFORMATION EXPECTED IN 1995, ON EXPIRY OF THE TWO-YEAR PERIOD, FOR OF EXISTING SCHEMES, MR TAM SAID.
ACCORDING
TO
"
PRIVATE SECTOR RESEARCH,
BILLION
RETIREMENT
BILLION,
ESTIMATED
AND $100 FUNDS IN THE MARKET ARE BETWEEN HK$80 PROJECTED TO INCREASE AT A RATE OF ABOUT HK$20 BILLION A YEAR.
THE
ICAC TO FORM NEW UNIT ON CIVIL SERVICE RECORDS
* *
*
INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION (ICAC) WILL SET UP A NEW UNIT TO HANDLE RECORD CHECKS AND INTERVIEWS ΤΟ VERIFY INFORMATION PROVIDED BY CIVIL SERVANTS BEING CHECKED.
MR
THE PLAN WAS OUTLINED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY,
THE HON ERIC LI KEN WOODHOUSE, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY KA-CHEUNG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR
SAID WOODHOUSE
THE NEW UNIT WOULD RESPONSIBILITIES AS THE EXISTING SPECIAL BRANCH UNIT.
HAVE
THE
SAME
NEITHER HAVE INVESTIGATIVE NOR ENFORCEMENT POWERS AND IT NOT CARRY OUT POLITICAL INVESTIGATIONS, HE ADDED.
WILL
THE NEW UNIT IS EXPECTED TO HAVE 10 STAFF, INCLUDING
SAME AS THE EXISTING SPECIAL BRANCH UNIT.
CLERICAL
SUPPORT,
GOVERNMENT
HE SAID THE COMMISSIONER OF ICAC WOULD ENSURE PROPER FUNDING BE SOUGHT FOR THE UNIT THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS OF ANNUAL ESTIMATES.
"HE
ALSO WILL
CONTROLS
ON OF THE
ENSURE THAT NORMAL BUDGETARY EXPENDITURE DO NOT ALLOW FUNDS ALLOCATED TO OTHER FUNCTIONS COMMISSION TO BE USED FOR THE NEW UNIT, MR WOODHOUSE SAID.
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