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HE FURTHER POINTED OUT THAT IT COULD NOT HAVE OPTED TO PROCEED COMPULSORY PROVIDENT FUNDS FIRST AND THEN TO CONTRIBUTORY OPS LATER.
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DON'T THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN REALISTIC TO REQUIRE ALL AND EMPLOYEES TO CONTRIBUTE FIVE PER CENT
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FUND PROVIDENT
AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT TO CONTRIBUTE A FURTHER IF LESSER SUM FOR A PENSION. WE HAD TO MAKE A CHOICE BETWEEN ONE AND THE OTHER," HE SAID.
HE SAID TO HAVE CHOSEN COMPULSORY PROVIDENT FUNDS RATHER THAN A PENSION WOULD HAVE BEEN A MISTAKE.
MANY PEOPLE HAD POINTED OUT IN RESPONDING TO THE CONSULTATION EXERCISE THAT PROVIDENT FUNDS HAD THEIR ROLE BUT THEY DID NOT ADDRESS THE NEED OF THOSE WHO WERE NOT EMPLOYED TO HAVE AN INCOME IN OLD
AGE, HE SAID.
"EVEN FOR THE EMPLOYED, THE PROVIDENT FUND BENEFIT IS LOW UNLESS CONTRIBUTIONS ARE MADE OVER A LONG PERIOD, AT A REASONABLY HIGH RATE, HE ADDED.
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BACK THE HANDICAPPED: GOVERNOR URGES
THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE INVESTING HEAVILY IN PUBLIC EDUCATION OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS TO OVERCOME THE LACK OF UNDERSTANDING IN THE COMMUNITY TOWARDS THE HANDICAPPED.
"SADLY, THERE ARE SOME IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO, THROUGH PREJUDICE OR IGNORANCE, HAVE OBJECTED TO EFFORTS TO HELP THE HANDICAPPED AND TO INTEGRATE THEM INTO THE LIFE OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY," MR PATTEN SAID.
HE SAID OVERCOMING THIS LACK OF UNDERSTANDING WAS A PRIORITY FOR THE GOVERNMENT.
OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING OF THE SPASTICS ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG KWAI SHING SCHOOL, MR PATTEN HIGHLY PRAISED THE ASSOCIATION FOR ITS WORK IN PROVIDING A WIDE RANGE OF REHABILITATION SERVICES FOR MULTIPLY HANDICAPPED.
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THE SPASTICS ASSOCIATION HAS, SINCE 1964, BEEN WORKING ΤΟ IMPROVE THE WELL-BEING OF DISABLED PEOPLE, PROVIDE SCHOOL EDUCATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES SUCH AS HOME THERAPY SERVICES AND WHEELCHAIR REPAIR SERVICES.
THE ASSOCIATION HAD TAKEN THE LEAD IN PIONEERING NEW REHABILITATION WORK SUCH AS THE INTRODUCTION OF CONDUCTIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMMES TO HELP MOTOR DISORDERED CHILDREN, MR PATTEN SAID.
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