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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1989

BUY

POLICY WAS

BACK

HER

"SUBSEQUENTLY. HAD HER HUSBAND BEEN ALIVE WHEN THE

ΤΟ HAVE BEEN ABLE SHE WOULD IMPLEMENTED IN 1972. PRE-MARRIAGE SERVICE TO AUGMENT HER PENSION BENEFITS.

OFFICER

"APART FROM MRS YAN. THERE IS NO KNOWN CASE OF A WOMAN

MAY 27. 1966 AND NOVEMBER WIDOWED BETWEEN MARRIED AND WHO WAS

17. 1972. HE ADDED.

THE GOVERNOR 20(A)(1) OF THE PENSIONS REGULATION 19(8)(C) OF THE BACK HER PRE-MARRIAGE DATE OF APPROVAL OF

THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID TO REMEDY THE SITUATION, HAD EXERCISED HIS AUTHORITY UNDER SECTION ORDINANCE. TO MODIFY THE APPLICATION OF PENSIONS REGULATIONS TO ENABLE MRS YAN TO BUY SERVICE WITHIN A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS FROM THE THE MODIFICATION BY LEGCO.

ASKED

SIGNIFY

BY

ITS EFFECT

ΤΟ IS

RESOLUTION NOW "THIS COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE MODIFICATION SO THAT THE MODIFICATION MAY TAKE

HE SAID. PURSUANT TO SECTION 20A(2) OF THE PENSIONS ORDINANCE,

CHARGES FOR INTERCONNECTION SERVICES INCREASED

INTERCONNECTION

PUBLIC

INCREASE

MOBILE

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) APPROVED AN

TELEPHONE COMPANY'S CHARGES FOR

FOR NETWORK PUBLIC

IN THE HONG

KONG THE

TELEPHONE

SERVICES TO RADIOTELEPHONE AND VALUE ADDED SERVICES.

RENTAL CHARGE

PER

INTERCONNECTION LINE THE MAXIMUM MONTHLY

PER MINUTE USAGE WILL BE INCREASED FROM $60 TO $69, AND THE MAXIMUM CHARGE PER LINE WILL BE RAISED FROM SEVEN CANTS TO NINE CENTS.

THAT THESE REVISED CHARGES "THE ADMINISTRATION IS SATISFIED

COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING ARE FULLY JUSTIFIED BY THE CURRENT INTERCONNECTION SERVICES, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MOTION UNDER THE TELEPHONE THE HON RAFAEL HUI,

SCHEDULE ORDINANCE THAT RELEVANT AMENDMENTS BE MADE TO PART II OF THE OF CHARGES.

SAID

IN

A MOVING

PUBLIC

MOBILE RADIOTELEPHONE SERVICES MR HUI EXPLAINED THAT

TO CONNECT MOBILE TELEPHONES RELIED ON THE INTERCONNECTION SERVICE CUSTOMERS WITH PUBLIC TELEPHONE NETWORK SUBSCRIBERS.

TELEPHONE CUSTOMERS.

VALUE ADDED SERVICE PROVIDERS INTERCONNECTED

NETWORK IN ORDER

TO

DELIVER

THEIR

WITH THE PUBLIC TO THEIR SERVICES

HAD

THE

BEEN IN REVENUE SERVICE,

THE CURRENT CHARGES FOR INTERCONNECTION SERVICES FORCE SINCE 1985 AND THE CHARGES WERE FIXED ON THE BASIS THAT FROM INTERCONNECTION SHOULD COVER THE COST OF PROVIDING HE ADDED.

/"A REVIEW