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AND WHEREAS it was further agreed between the Governor and the company that such of the said public officers transferred as aforesaid as should be appointed to the pensionable staff of the company should, on retirement from the service of the company in circumstances in which they would be permitted by the regula- tions of the company to retire on pension, be granted pensions or other similar benefits to which they would have been entitled (Cap. 89), under the Pensions Ordinance and regulations made thereunder, or under any subsequent enactment relating to pensions, had they remained in the public service;

AND WHEREAS it was further agreed that the pensions of such transferred officers should be apportioned between the Governor and the company in the manner following, namely, that the Governor should in the case of each such transferred officer grant a pension of such an amount as should bear the same proportion to the amount of the pension for which such officer would have been eligible had his service been wholly in the public service in the Colony, as the aggregate amounts of his pensionable emoluments during his service in the public service in the Colony should bear to the aggregate amounts of his pensionable emoluments in the public service in the Colony and in the service of the company and that the company should similarly grant to each such transferred officer a pension of such an amount as should bear the same proportion to the amount of the pension for which such officer would have been eligible had his service been wholly in the service of the company, as the aggregate amounts of his pensionable emoluments during his service in the company should hear to the aggregate amounts of his pensionable emoluments in the public service in the Colony and in the service of the company;

AND WHEREAS the persons named in the Schedule to this Ordinance consented to be transferred from the public service of the company;

AND WHEREAS in pursuance of and in accordance with the said agreement between the Governor and the company the said persons named in the Schedule hereto were with their consent as aforesaid transferred on the 1st day of September, 1950, from the public service to the service of the company;

AND WHEREAS the laws of the Colony do not contain provision whereby the said persons in respect of their public service may be

granted pensions or other similar benefits on retirement from the service of the company;

[30th May, 1952.]

Be it therefoRE ENACTED BY the Governor of Hong Kong with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof:

1.

This Ordinance may be cited as the Pensions (Special Short title. Provisions) Ordinance, 1952-

2. In this Ordinance-

"the company" means Cable and Wireless, Limited; "transferred officer" means a person transferred from the public service to the service of the company on the tst day of September, 1950,

inter.

pretation.

Ordinance

The Pensions Ordinance and any regulations made The thereunder shall apply to such of the transferred officers named Pensions in the Schedule to this Ordinance as shall be appointed to and the pensionable staff of the company as though service in the regulations

and sob. company were included in the definition of public service con- sequent tained in section 2 of the Pensions Ordinance and as though enactmenta to apply to the company were included in the Schedule to the Pensions transferred Regulations and any subsequent enactment shall in like manner

officers. apply to transferred officers as aforesaid.

(Cap. 89). (Vol. IX, p. 28).

This Ordinance shall be deemed to have had effect from Commence- the 1st day of September, 1950.

Au Kam Moun

Au Shiu Kow

Au Wing Kit CHAI Nhan CHAN, Daniel

CHAN Ho Yin

CHAN Kok Min

SCHEDULE.

CHANG Kee Lim

CHE Ting Fan

CHEUNG Ping Hung

CHEUNG Yau Kee

CHEUNG King Piu

CHEUNG Hon

CHIU Bud Yer

Tucat.