WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1994
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RE-EMPLOYED CIVIL SERVANTS
FOLLOWING IS
MUN-KA A QUESTION BY THE HON MICHAEL HO WRITTEN REPLY BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR MICHAEL IN THE LEGISLATION COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY):
AND
SZE,
A
QUESTION ACCORDING
CHAIRMAN OF
TO APPENDIX 9 OF THE REPORT BY THE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE YEAR 1993, THE NUMBER CIVIL SERVANTS STANDS AT
11. OF RE-EMPLOYED
WILL THE GOVERNMENT INFORM THIS COUNCIL OF THE FOLLOWING IN RESPECT OF THESE 11 PERSONS :
(A) THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS WHO HAVE
RECEIVED
PENSION
GRATUITIES ONLY AND THE NUMBER WHO ARE PAID THE MONTHLY PENSION IN ADDITION TO PENSION GRATUITIES;
(B)
WHY SERVICE; AND
ARRANGEMENT
EXTENSION HAS NOT BEEN MADE FOR
OF
(C)
WHAT SERVANTS?
ARE THE
POSTS HELD BY
THE
RE-EMPLOYED
CIVIL
REPLY:
MR PRESIDENT,
THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
(A)
ALL ELEVEN
(B)
HAD THEIR
OFFICERS WERE GRANTED COMMUTED PENSION ON THEIR GRATUITIES
BUT DATE OF RETIREMENT MONTHLY PENSION SUSPENDED DURING THEIR RE-EMPLOYMENT.
ALL ELEVEN OFFICERS WERE ON THE OLD PENSION SCHEME AND HAD OF 55. TO RETIRE ON REACHING THE NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE
GRANTED A SINCE 1.7.87, OFFICERS ON THE OPS MAY ONLY BE FINAL EXTENTION OF SERVICE FOR A MAXIMUM PERIOD OF 90 DAYS. THE ELEVEN OFFICERS WERE RE-EMPLOYED, INSTEAD OF BEING GRANTED AN EXTENSION, BECAUSE THEIR SERVICES WERE
THE BEYOND 90 DAYS AND THEY FULFILLED RETAINED FOR RE-EMPLOYMENT WITHOUT A BREAK IN SERVICE.
CRITERIA
THE
BE
RE-EMPLOYMENT AT THE SAME RANK AFTER RETIREMENT UNDER OLD PENSION SCHEME WITHOUT A BREAK IN SERVICE MAY GRANTED TO AN OFFICER WHO HAS BEEN REQUIRED TO RETIRE ON REACHING AGE 55. RE-EMPLOYMENT IS SUBJECT TO SERVICE NEED AND TO THE OFFICER BEING REQUIRED TO REMAIN IN THE SERVICE ON ACCOUNT OF HIS ABILITY AND EXPERIENCE, AND TO HIS BEING PHYSICALLY FIT.
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