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ages and into account their ag

for the long service payment inespecting of then offers one.

the cause

learns then semel.

or the factor whether they

the

rara fixed by their employers.

present

Unfortunately, the calculation method of long service payment

worker

new is obviously unfair to young people. Why is it that workers over 41

can get the full amount and those under 40 cannot? In fact, these young

workers have devoted the best years of their lives to the employers. If

the objective of the Kong Service Payment Scheme is really to protect

workers who have worked for a number of years, then there should not be

restuction

any age discrimination.

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Another inconsistency with the spirit of the scheme is that the

Government has intended to treat the Long Service Payment Scheme as a

retirement protection scheme for workers. I believe that the Yong Service

bcecuཕ{ Payment Scheme cannot be treated as another retirement scheme based on

the following reasons First of all, the number of people who are

qualified for long service payment is relatively very small.

the long service payment is calculated according to the final month

iz salary of the employees, but it cannot exceed twelve months of salaries.

of the

Second,

the workers'

So it would not be really very helpful for workers who low

for

are receiving very small salary. Thirdly, within the Long Service Zayment

those

Scheme there is no role over system) and the young workers or miadle-age

will never

workers who change jobs after getting the long service payment are really,

take the payment as their retirement fund.

not provided with fe retirement scheme at all.

Sir, I still believe that if we want to solve the problem of

livelihood for the ageing population in Hong Kong after the nineties, 901,

introduce legislative making it a

Cumpulsory for

the only way is to feree all the employers and employees to jdin a

to fore

contributory provident scheme.

I understand the Government is already