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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1988

CIVIL SERVANTS' BENEFITS A PARAMOUNT FACTOR

THE

HONG THE CIVIL SERVICE IS THE MAINSTAY OF THE STRENGTH IN

SERVANTS KONG ADMINISTRATION, AND THE RIGHTS OR ENTITLEMENT OF CIVIL

IS PARAMOUNT IN KEEPING TO THEIR PENSION BENEFITS AFTER RETIREMENT THEIR CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE AND IN FACING RETIREMENT AND OLD AGE.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

THE HON MARIA TAM SAID THIS IN THE

TODAY PENSION BENEFITS (WEDNESDAY) DURING THE SECOND READING DEBATE ON THE (REFUSAL TO GRANT, SUSPENSION, REDUCTION AND CANCELLATION) BILL 1988.

UP ΤΟ STUDY THE MISS TAM SAID THAT A LEGCO AD HOC GROUP SET

1987 PENSION BENEFITS BILL

HAD, AFTER CONSIDERING REPRESENTATIONS FROM STAFF ASSOCIATIONS, REQUESTED THE ADMINISTRATION TO GIVE THOUGHT TO DEVISING AN IMPROVED APPEALS SYSTEM IN RESPECT OF WHOSE PENSIONS WERE CANCELLED, SUSPENDED, REDUCED OR NOT GRANTED.

FURTHER OFFICERS

DECISION ON THE OBJECTION TO THE EXISTING SYSTEM WAS THAT THE

BY TAKEN

THE GOVERNOR, WHO MADE THE AN APPEAL WOULD HAVE TO BE ORIGINAL DECISION TO CANCEL OR SUSPEND, SHE EXPLAINED.

FORMULATED BY THE ADMINISTRATION SHE SAID THE NEW PROPOSALS WERE CONTAINED IN THE PRESENT BILL WHICH SOUGHT TO PRESERVE THE

FINAL DECISION ON ANY PRINCIPLE THAT THE GOVERNOR HAD THE

INTRODUCING WHILST AT THE SAME TIME

INITIAL DECISION ON CANCELLATION OFFICER DESIGNATED BY THE GOVERNOR.

BASIC APPEAL, A STRUCTURED SYSTEM FOR THE ΤΟ BE TAKEN BY A SENIOR PUBLIC

"ADDITIONALLY, AN INDEPENDENT ADVISORY ELEMENT IS THE FORM OF A THREE-PERSON PANEL TO CONSIDER AND ADVISE ON APPEALS," SHE SAID.

"THE PANEL IS TO BE MADE UP OF THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE SEEN TO BE IMPARTIAL.'

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INJECTED IN

THE GOVERNOR

SERVANTS NON-CIVIL

TO ENSURE PANEL ARE IMPARTIAL AND ALSO

THE AD THAT

ON THE ACTUAL CONTENTS OF THE BILL, MISS TAM SAID THAT THE POLICY INTENTION WAS

A WHETHER HOC GROUP HAD DISCUSSED

TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE DESIGNATED OFFICER SHOULD, IN ALL CASES, TAKE INTO

COMMISSION OR THE JUDICIAL ADVICE OF THE

SERVICE ΤΟ GRANT COMMISSION AS APPROPRIATE IN EXERCISING HIS POWER TO REFUSE A PENSION, OR CANCEL OR REDUCE A PENSION GRANTED.

PUBLIC

SERVICE

FAIRNESS,

THE

TO SUSPEND,

FL

THE REASONS

FOR

ANOTHER ISSUE DISCUSSED WAS WHETHER, FOR THE SAKE OF IN THE WRITTEN COMMUNICATION ADDRESSED BY A DESIGNATED OFFICER TO OFFICER CONCERNED ON THE INTENTION TO EXERCISE THE POWER REDUCE, CANCEL OR NOT TO

GRANT

BENEFITS, PENSION

CONSIDERING THE EXERCISE OF SUCH A POWER SHOULD BE STATED.

/MISS TAM .***