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ON

MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1993

FUND WOULD MEAN

PEOPLE MAKING LARGER "A CENTRAL PROVIDENT

THE CASE CONTRIBUTIONS, BOTH EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS, THAN WOULD BE

PROPOSED," THE GOVERNOR UNDER THE SORT OF PENSION PLAN THAT WE'VE SAID.

"THEY'LL BE MAKING LARGER CONTRIBUTIONS FOR LOWER RETURNS THEY WOULDN'T ACTUALLY BE GETTING A PENSION FOR 20, 30, 40 YEARS THE ROAD.

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"SO, A CENTRAL PROVIDENT FUND WOULD REPRESENT A ROTTEN FOR HONG KONG.

BARGAIN

IF HONG KONG WAS GOING TO HAVE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO THE GOVERNMENT RETIREMENT PROTECTION, THEN THE SORT OF PENSION THAT HAD SUGGESTED WAS THE RIGHT ONE, MR PATTEN REITERATED.

GOVERNOR PRAISES POSTAL SERVICES

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THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN,

TODAY (MONDAY)

VISITED THE POST OFFICE AND THE INTERNATIONAL MAIL CENTRE IN HUNG HOM.

IT WAS HIS FIRST VISIT TO THE POST OFFICE SINCE HE ASSUMED GOVERNORSHIP 17 MONTHS AGO.

THE

PAGLIARI, THE THE DELIVERY AND

ACCOMPANIED BY THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR MIKE GOVERNOR WAS

ON A FAMILIARISATION TOUR OF TAKEN SORTING SECTIONS OF THE GENERAL POST OFFICE IN CENTRAL.

AT THE INTERNATIONAL MAIL CENTRE IN HUNG HOM, HE WAS BRIEFED ON INCLUDING SORTING, THE OPERATION OF OTHER MAJOR POSTAL FACILITIES, DATE STAMPING AND SPEEDPOST SERVICES.

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER THE VISIT, MR PATTEN POST OFFICE FOR DOING A SUPERB JOB FOR BOTH THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES,

PRAISED THE AND OVERSEAS

WORLD, THE

DESCRIBING IT AS ONE OF THE LEADING POST OFFICES IN THE HE SAID HE WAS DELIGHTED TO SEE THE IMPROVEMENTS IN PRODUCTIVITY, DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPEEDPOST AND THE WAY THE POST OFFICE WAS ABOUT IMPLEMENTING ITS PERFORMANCE PLEDGE.

SETTING

JOB, YEAR ΤΟ WHAT MARVELLOUS THE EXTRA

"ONE CAN TAKE FOR GRANTED THOSE WHO DO A REALLY EXCELLENT BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT PARTICULARLY AT THIS TIME OF THE REMEMBER WHAT OUTSTANDING WORK THE POST OFFICE DOES, WORK OUR POSTMEN AND POSTWOMEN ARE DOING TO DEAL WITH ALL LOAD OF WORK THAT THEY HAVE AT CHRISTMAS, THE NEW YEAR AND THE CHINESE NEW YEAR," HE ADDED.

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