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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1985

+ IN ADDITION, THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES AND THE GAS ADVISER ARE NEGOTIATING WITH THE OIL INDUSTRY TO INTRODUCE FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN THE INSPECTION OF CYLINDER BODIES AND CYLINDER VALVES BEFORE RE-FILLING,+ MR JEAFFRESON SAID.

HE SAID THAT ADDITIONAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS HAD BEEN INTRODUCED ON +DIM SUM+ TROLLEYS USING LPG AS FUEL.

+FAILURE TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS WOULD RESULT IN THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES ISSUING FIRE HAZARD ABATEMENT NOTICES AGAINST THE RESTAURANT OPERATORS,+ HE ADDED.

HE SAID THAT FOR THE THIRD YEAR RUNNING, A MAJOR PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN INCLUDING PUBLICITY ON THE SAFE STORAGE AND HANDLING OF LPG CYLINDERS WOULD BE MOUNTED IN 1985-86.

FRINGE BENEFIT COSTS SET OUT

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THE MAXIMUM COSTS TO GOVERNMENT FOR PROVIDING A LOCAL DIRECTORATE OFFICER WITH THE FRINGE BENEFITS OF PRIVATE TENANCY ALLOWANCE OVERSEAS EDUCATION ALLOWANCE AND SCHOOL PASSAGES, AND LEAVE PASSAGES WAS ABOUT $260 000 A YEAR, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, SAID TODAY.

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GIVING FIGURES IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION AND AN EXAMPLE QUOTED BY DR THE HON HENRIETTA IP SIR PHILIP SAID THAT FOR AN OFFICER ON D1 OF THE DIRECTORATE PAY SCALE WHO WAS MARRIED AND HAD FOUR CHILDREN STUDYING IN THE U.K., THE THEORETICAL COSTS COULD BE BROKEN DOWN INTO: $97 200 A YEAR FOR PRIVATE TENANCY ALLOWANCE, $158 500 A YEAR FOR OVERSEAS EDUCATION ALLOWANCE, AND TWO RETURN SCHOOL PASSAGES FOR EACH CHILD EACH YEAR; AND $12 613 A YEAR FOR LEAVE PASSAGES EVERY SECOND YEAR FOR THE OFFICER AND DEPENDANTS, EXCLUDING THOSE IN RECEIPT OF SCHOOL PASSAGES.

SIR PHILIP SAID, HOWEVER, THAT THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN FOR WHOM OVERSEAS EDUCATION ALLOWANCES AND SCHOOL PASSAGES WERE CURRENTLY BEING PAID WORKED OUT AT AN AVERAGE OF 1.09 CHILDREN FOR EACH CLAIMANT OFFICER.

HE SAID THAT DR IP'S EXAMPLE OF A D1 OFFICER WITH FOUR CHILDREN BEING EDUCATED OVERSEAS WAS A LITTLE UNREALISTIC, AS THERE WERE NO OFFICERS, LOCAL OR OVERSEAS, OF ANY RANK, CLAIMING OVERSEAS EDUCATION ALLOWANCES FOR FOUR DEPENDENT CHILDREN,

IN FACT, SIR PHILIP SAID, 80 PER CENT OF THE 2 060 OFFICER (1 650 LOCALS AND 410 EXPATRIATES) CLAIMING OVERSEAS EDUCATION ALLOWANCE CLAIMED FOR ONE CHILD ONLY, 19 PER CENT CLAIMED FOR TWO CHILDREN AND ONE PER CENT CLAIMED FOR THREE.

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