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THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1994

RESPONSE ON PROPOSED OLD AGE PENSION SCHEME

* * *

IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES,

TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT

THE

*

A

GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID PROPOSED OLD AGE PENSION SCHEME (OPS) WORKED ON THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE THAT AN "IRON LINK" WOULD BE

BETWEEN CONTRIBUTIONS ESTABLISHED

AND PENSION PAYOUTS, PENSION BENEFITS

ACCORDING

THE то

WOULD

BE TAILORED CONTRIBUTIONS THAT COULD BE COLLECTED.

IS,

THAT AMOUNT OF

+ OR 'DEFICITS' AS "THERE IS THEREFORE NO QUESTION OF 'LOSSES

WE ARE NOT CLAIMED BY THE HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND

BE INCURRED BY SURE HOW IT ARRIVED AT THE FIGURES ON LOSSES TO

THE

OPS," HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE

DETAILED FINANCIAL AND THE PROPOSED SCHEME.

ADMINISTRATIVE

GOVERNMENT WAS

IMPLICATIONS

NOW

WORKING OUT THE OF IMPLEMENTING

THE "A CONSULTATION DOCUMENT WILL BE PUBLISHED IN

ΤΟ COMMENT ON

THE WHICH TIME THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE DETAIL, ON THE BASIS OF WELL-FOUNDED FIGURES, HE ADDED.

SUMMER, PROPOSAL IN

BY

ACTION PLAN TO IMPROVE FAMILY LIFE

**

THE

DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR 1 AN OUTLINED A THREE-PRONGED ACTION PLAN (THURSDAY) QUALITY OF FAMILY LIFE IN HONG KONG.

STRACHAN,

TO

IMPROVE

TODAY THE

MR STRACHAN INTRODUCED HIS ENTITLED "TAKING PLENARY SESSION COMMUNIY CARE.

THE FAMILY OF

HE PLAN WHEN

DELIVERED A SPEECH SERIOUSLY: AN ACTION

AT PLAN"

THE THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FAMILY AND

ACTION PLAN MR STRACHAN SAID HIS

PREVENTION, SUPPORTING CATEGORIES: FAMILIES IN TROUBLE.

THREE

COULD BE SUMMARISED INTO THE FAMILY AND HELPING

то PERPETUATE

"OUR AIM IS TO SERVE FAMILIES IN TIME OF CRISES, A CARING SPIRIT AMONG FAMILIES IN PREVENT FAMILY BREAKDOWN.

THE COMMUNITY AND ULTIMATELY TO

"TAKING THE FAMILY MORE SERIOUSLY IS NOT JUST AN ISSUE FOR SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, NOR IS IT ONE SIMPLY FOR GOVERNMENT; IT

HE SAID. A CHALLENGE FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY,

.

"SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ALL WELFARE POLICY THE GOVERNMENT AND IN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF FAMILY LIFE.

THE

IS

PLANNERS BOTH IN REALLY TAKE ACTION то

CLEAR LEADERSHIP

IN

MR STRACHAN SAID.

MUST PROVIDE

"THE GOVERNMENT, HOWEVER, TERMS OF STRATEGY, PLANNING AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT,

/HE POINTED

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