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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1991

"THE

IMPROVEMENTS

PROPOSED SCHEME WILL BE REVIEWED AFTER THE

FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE MADE HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED FOR SOME TIME. IF THERE IS SUCH A NEED," HE SAID.

AT PRESENT, THE NUMBER OF YEARS OF SERVICE QUALIFYING FOR LONG SERVICE PAYMENT VARIED DEPENDING ON THE AGE OF THE EMPLOYER. YOUNGER THE EMPLOYEE, THE LONGER THE QUALIFYING SERVICE.

WAS

THE

THE

QUALIFYING SERVICE FOR RETIREMENT ON GROUNDS OF OLD AGE, THE

EMPLOYMENT, THE 10 YEARS, FOR OTHER GROUNDS OF TERMINATION OF QUALIFYING SERVICE WAS FIVE YEARS FOR AN EMPLOYER AGED 45 OR ABOVE,

UP SIX YEARS FOR ONE AGED 44, SEVEN YEARS FOR ONE AGED 43, AND SO ON TO A QUALIFYING SERVICE OF 10 YEARS FOR AN EMPLOYEE AGED 40 OR BELOW.

MAINLY ON AN THE AMOUNT

DEPENDED DP LONG SERVICE PAYMENT EMPLOYEE'S WAGES AND LENGTH OF SERVICE. FOR EACH YEAR OF SERVICE AN TIME EMPLOYEE IS ELIGIBLE FOR TWO-THIRDS OF A MONTH'S WAGES AS AT THE

19 TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT, OR TWO-THIRDS OF $15,000, WHICHEVER

OF LESS.

REDUCED PAYMENTS WERD SPECIFIED FOR YOUNGER WORKERS IN SUCH A WAY THAT THOSE AGED BELOW 36 WERE ENTITLED TO 50 PER CENT, WHILE THOSE THE AGED 36 OR MORE BUT LESS THAN 10 WERE ENTITLED TO 75 PER CENT OF PAYMENT.

WHILE

THESE DIFFERENTIAL

RATES OF PAYMENT

AND QUALIFYING PERIODS OF SERVICE BASED ON AGE WERE ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO GIVE OF GREATER PROTECTION TO THE OLDER WORKERS, THEY HAD BECOME A SOURCE

DISCRIMINATORY DISCONTENT BECAUSE THEY WERE CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE AGAINST YOUNGER WORKERS.

DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.

0

RESULTS OF PUBLIC RENTAL FLAT SALES EXERCISE TO BE REVIEWED

OF

THE HOUSING AUTHORITY WILL SHORTLY HE REVIEWING THE

SITTING THE EXERCISE TO SELL PUBLIC RENTAL INCLUDING THE REASONS FOR THE DISAPPOINTING RESPONSE, AND WILL ON THE WAY FORWARD.

FLATS

סיד

RESULTS TENANTS,

DECIDE

THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT THE IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY MR BOWEN LEUNG, SAID THIS CHOW IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

AND

LANDS,

HON

SELINA

MR

LEUNG SAID AT THE CLOSE OF THE PERIOD OF THE SALES SCHEME TWO DAYS AGO, ONLY 510 RECRIVED.

TWO-MONTH APPLICATION

APPLICATIONS WERE

/UNDER THE