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FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1988

PENSION BENEFITS TO BE IMPROVED

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THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSES TO IMPROVE THE EXISTING PENSIONS LEGISLATION BY CLARIFYING TERMS AND REMOVING TECHNICAL ANOMALIES WHICH HAVE COME TO LIGHT SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW PENSION SCHEME LAST YEAR.

THESE AMENDMENTS ARE CONTAINED IN THE PENSION BENEFITS (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) BILL 1988 GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY).

"THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ARE LARGELY TECHNICAL AND WILL IN NO WAY AFFECT OR ERODE CIVIL SERVANTS' EXISTING PENSION RIGHTS. THE STAFF SIDES HAVE BEEN INFORMED," A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE BILL IS EXPECTED TO BE INTRODUCED INTO THE COUNCIL FOR FIRST READING ON JUNE 29.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO COMMENT ON THE CAN WRITE ΤΟ THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, SECRETARIAT, 11TH FLOOR, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES (WEST HOUSE STREET, CENTRAL OR TO OMELCO, 8 JACKSON ROAD, CENTRAL.

LEGISLATIVE

AMENDMENTS GOVERNMENT

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EPD ISSUES FUEL NOTICES TO TSING YI FACTORIES

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ARE

AIR

POLLUTION TSING YI ISLAND PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) HAS MORE THAN 30 FACTORIES WHICH ARE

FOLLOWING DETAILED

INVESTIGATIONS

WHICH THE RESIDENTS OF CHEUNG CHING ESTATE

ENVIRONMENTAL THE BEING EXPOSED, ISSUED NOTICES TO THE OWNERS OF LOCATED CLOSE TO THE ESTATE.

OF THE

ON

THE NOTICES REQUIRE THE FACTORIES TO USE A LOW SULPHUR FUEL THAT CONCENTRATIONS OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE WILL BE REDUCED.

"THE

SO

LARGE POLLUTION

WERE EMITTING CAUSING AN AIR

CHIMNEYS OF THESE FACTORIES QUANTITIES OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE AND THIS IS PROBLEM IN THE AREA," AN EPD SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE EPD OF NEW

HAS

A

HIGH

FOLLOWING A PERIOD OF AIR QUALITY MONITORING IN 1986, REFUSED TO GIVE APPROVAL TO APPLICATIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION STEAM BOILERS WHICH WOULD USE GRADE THREE FUEL OIL WHICH SULPHUR CONTENT, AT 2.5 PER CENT.

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