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Answer:
Mr President,
(a)
The age profile of the 1 379 directorate officers (as at 1 October 1996) in the civil service and the pension scheme options of those on permanent and pensionable terms are as follows -
age
Pension
below
above
Schemes
40
40 -44 45-49
50-54 54
Total
New
87
146
263
216
198
910
Pension
Scheme
(NPS)
Old
6
16
118
117
15
272
Pension
(20%)
Scheme
(OPS)
Agreeemnt 16 Terms
30
65
53
33
197
Total
109 (8%)
192
446
386
246
1379
(14%) (32%)
(28%)
(18%)
(100%)
Since which pension scheme an officer has opted for is a matter of an individual's privacy, it would be inappropriate to provide Members with a name list of directorate officers and their pension scheme options and ages.
(b)
The Administration has a long established mechanism for planning directorate succession in each department. The overall objective is to ensure smooth succession and to identify and groom younger officers in departments for higher responsibilities. Directorate succession plans are reviewed and updated at half-yearly intervals to identify possible and suitable successors to directorate posts and to discuss training and other career development needs for senior officers.
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