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Question 8 (Cont'd.)

Findings:

(1) I have sufficient savings

(2) My employer has given us sufficient sickness benefit.

(3) The chance of getting injured or sick is slim.

(4) My family or friends will help me when I am sick.

(5) I need to solve that problem when it comes.

(6) Others.

A majority of 88.2% of employees thought that sickness insurance

which gave them income allowance when they could not work due to sickness

or injury was useful, while only 11.2% considered it useless and the rest

did not know the answer. (Table 0050)

Of those who considered it useless (N 233), only 5.2% gave

the first reason, but 21.5% the second, 21.9% the third, 3.9% the fourth,

19.7% the fifth and 36.5% other reasons.

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(Table 0051 - 0056).

3.

Present popularity of retirement benefits

Question 9. Have you joined a retirement benefits scheme?

(2) Have not

(1) Have

Finding:

Only 14.5% of employees (N

=

2089) had joined a retirement

benefits scheme. (Table 0057)

Question 10. Do you think it is necessary for you to join a retirement

benefits scheme or not?

(1) Not necessary

Why? (Don't prompt)

(1) I have savings.

(2) Necessary (3) Don't know

(2) I am still young, and I don't need to worry about

retirement.

(3) My children will take care of me when I retire.

(4) Retirement is my future problem. I don't know what the

future world will be.

(5) Others

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