WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1994
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"UNDER EXISTING LAW, A PERSON IS ENTITLED TO CLAIM A SINGLE PARENT ALLOWANCE IF AT ANY TIME DURING A YEAR OF ASSESSMENT HE HAD THE SOLE OR PREDOMINANT CARE OF A CHILD IN RESPECT OF WHOM HE WAS ENTITLED TO A CHILD ALLOWANCE,' HE SAID.
HOWEVER,
CONDITIONS:
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A CLAIM WOULD NOT BE ENTERTAINED UNDER THE FOLLOWING
IF AT ANY TIME IN THE YEAR OF ASSESSMENT HE WAS MARRIED LIVING WITH HIS SPOUSE; OR
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HE CLAIMED THE ALLOWANCE BY
AND
REASON ONLY THAT HE MADE
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MAINTENANCE AND EDUCATION OF THE CHILD
DURING THE YEAR OF ASSESSMENT; OR
HE CLAIMED THE ALLOWANCE IN RESPECT OF THE SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT CHILD.
TO CLAIM
IN ADDITION, WHERE TWO OR MORE PERSONS ARE ENTITLED ALLOWANCE IN RESPECT OF THE SAME CHILD FOR THE SAME YEAR OF ASSESSMENT, THE ALLOWANCE WILL BE APPORTIONED.
THE
THE SINGLE PARENT CAN BE A MAN OR A WOMAN IN THIS CONTEXT UNDER THE LAW, HE ADDED.
JUSTIFICATIONS FOR AGE REQUIREMENTS IN CERTAIN POSTS
ONLY
UNDER THE CIVIL SERVICE GUIDELINES, AGE REQUIREMENTS SHOULD BE LAID DOWN BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WHEN THEY ARE CONSIDERED NECESSARY FOR OPERATIONAL REASONS.
SUCH REASONS MAY INCLUDE THE NEED FOR A CERTAIN DEGREE OF PHYSICAL FITNESS IN JOBS WHERE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MANUAL WORK HAS TO BE PERFORMED, THE NEED TO HAVE HAD RECENT EDUCATIONAL EXPOSURE ΤΟ MODERN TECHNOLOGY, OR FOR CERTAIN JOBS WHICH HAVE FREQUENT CONTACT WITH THE PUBLIC, TO HAVE A MATURE PERSONALITY.
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ANNA WL! IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR MICHAEL SZE, EXPLAINED THAT SETTING OUT AGE REQUIREMENTS IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES 'HELPS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS FROM THOSE WHO ARE UNLIKELY TO BE FOUND SUITABLE".
"IT' ALSO REDUCES THE RESOURCES
RECRUITMENT EXERCISES," HE ADDED.
NEEDED FOR CONDUCTING
QUOTED BY
ON
THE AGE REQUIREMENTS FOR THREE GOVERNMENT POSTS MISS WU, THE SECRETARY NOTED THAT THE AGE LIMIT FOR THE TEMPORARY CLERK IN THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY WITHDRAWN.
THE COMPANIES REGISTRY HAS DECIDED NOT то STIPULATE AGE REQUIREMENTS IN ITS FUTURE RECRUITMENT NOTICES.
THE VACANCY FOR A PERSONAL SECRETARY II IN THE LAND REGISTRY HAS ALREADY BEEN FILLED BY A PERMANENT STAFF AND NO TEMPORARY POSITION WILL BE OFFERED FOR THE TIME BEING.
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