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WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1990

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GOVT'S POLICY TO MAINTAIN PURCHASING POWER OF PENSIONS

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IT HAS BEEN THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY ΤΟ MAINTAIN THE PURCHASING POWER OF CIVIL SERVICE PENSIONS AGAINST PRICE INFLATION AND THIS IS IMPLEMENTED THROUGH ANNUAL PENSION ADJUSTMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE UPWARD MOVEMENTS OF CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A).

THE HON SIR DAVID FORD, IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHIEF SECRETARY, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON JAMES MCGREGOR.

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"THERE HAS THEREFORE BEEN NO INCREASE IN THE LEVEL OF CIVIL SERVICE PENSIONS IN REAL TERMS NOR IS IT THE POLICY то DO

So,

HE SAID.

CIVIL SERVICE PENSIONS HAVE BEEN INCREASED AT THE RATE IN THE PAST 10 YEARS:

FOLLOWING

YEAR

PENSION INCREASE AWARDED

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

14 PER CENT

12 PER CENT

9 PER CENT 11 PER CENT 6 PER CENT

3 PER CENT

3 PER CENT

6 PER CENT

CUMULATIVE TOTAL

9 PER CENT

10 PER CENT

120.8 PER CENT

SIR DAVID ADDED THAT PENSION INCREASES ALSO COVERED PENSIONS PAYABLE UNDER THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS PENSION SCHEME WIDOWS' AND CHILDREN'S PENSIONS SCHEME.

WIDOWS AND THE

ACTION TO ENSURE ROADS AND PAVEMENTS ARE KEPT FREE

THE RELEVANT AUTHORITIES WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION WHENEVER MANPOWER RESOURCES PERMIT, TO ENSURE THAT CARRIAGEWAYS AND PAVEMENTS ARE KEPT FREE FOR THEIR INTENDED PURPOSES, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON MICHAEL LEUNG, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON LEUNG WAJ-TUNG, MR LEUNG SAID CARRIAGEWAYS AND PAVEMENTS WERE FACILITIES BUILT FOR PUBLIC ACCESS, AND AS A GENERAL RULE THE NON-TRANSPORT USE OF SUCH CARRIAGEWAYS AND PAVEMENTS WAS TO BE DISCOURAGED.

/THE COMMON