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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1994

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RE-EMPLOYED CIVIL SERVANTS

FOLLOWING IS

MUN-KA A QUESTION BY THE HON MICHAEL HO WRITTEN REPLY BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR MICHAEL IN THE LEGISLATION COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY):

AND

SZE,

A

QUESTION ACCORDING

CHAIRMAN OF

TO APPENDIX 9 OF THE REPORT BY THE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOR THE YEAR 1993, THE NUMBER CIVIL SERVANTS STANDS AT

11. OF RE-EMPLOYED

WILL THE GOVERNMENT INFORM THIS COUNCIL OF THE FOLLOWING IN RESPECT OF THESE 11 PERSONS :

(A) THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS WHO HAVE

RECEIVED

PENSION

GRATUITIES ONLY AND THE NUMBER WHO ARE PAID THE MONTHLY PENSION IN ADDITION TO PENSION GRATUITIES;

(B)

WHY SERVICE; AND

ARRANGEMENT

EXTENSION HAS NOT BEEN MADE FOR

OF

(C)

WHAT SERVANTS?

ARE THE

POSTS HELD BY

THE

RE-EMPLOYED

CIVIL

REPLY:

MR PRESIDENT,

THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

(A)

ALL ELEVEN

(B)

HAD THEIR

OFFICERS WERE GRANTED COMMUTED PENSION ON THEIR GRATUITIES

BUT DATE OF RETIREMENT MONTHLY PENSION SUSPENDED DURING THEIR RE-EMPLOYMENT.

ALL ELEVEN OFFICERS WERE ON THE OLD PENSION SCHEME AND HAD OF 55. TO RETIRE ON REACHING THE NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE

GRANTED A SINCE 1.7.87, OFFICERS ON THE OPS MAY ONLY BE FINAL EXTENTION OF SERVICE FOR A MAXIMUM PERIOD OF 90 DAYS. THE ELEVEN OFFICERS WERE RE-EMPLOYED, INSTEAD OF BEING GRANTED AN EXTENSION, BECAUSE THEIR SERVICES WERE

THE BEYOND 90 DAYS AND THEY FULFILLED RETAINED FOR RE-EMPLOYMENT WITHOUT A BREAK IN SERVICE.

CRITERIA

THE

BE

RE-EMPLOYMENT AT THE SAME RANK AFTER RETIREMENT UNDER OLD PENSION SCHEME WITHOUT A BREAK IN SERVICE MAY GRANTED TO AN OFFICER WHO HAS BEEN REQUIRED TO RETIRE ON REACHING AGE 55. RE-EMPLOYMENT IS SUBJECT TO SERVICE NEED AND TO THE OFFICER BEING REQUIRED TO REMAIN IN THE SERVICE ON ACCOUNT OF HIS ABILITY AND EXPERIENCE, AND TO HIS BEING PHYSICALLY FIT.

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