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Reply:

Mr President,

The Chairman and Chief Executive of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation is employed on contract terms which provide that he will receive a gratuity in lieu of a retirement pension but no other special payments at the end of his contract. Also, since the outgoing Chairman and Chief Executive will have completed his full contract, the question of compensation for pre-mature departure does not arise.

The past Chairman was a non-executive Chairman, and did not receive any remuneration apart from the nominal Board Member's fees. Under him, the two previous Managing Directors of the Corporation were remunerated in accordance with their employment contract. At the end of their service with the Corporation, they received a gratuity, in accordance with the terms of their contract, without any retirement benefit or special payment.

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Permit system for waste imports

Following is a question by the Hon Miss Emily Lau Wai-hing and a written reply by the Secretary for Planning, Environment and Lands, Mr Bowen Leung, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

It is reported that since April this year, a German plastics plant has shipped 50 containers containing 700 tonnes of contaminated waste into the territory for dumping. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:

(a)

(b)

whether the departments concerned have received any application for the importation of the above waste;

whether the 700 tonnes of waste have been dumped within the boundaries of the territory; if not, how the departments concerned will dispose of it;