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The Government announced today (April 1) that the Chief Executive has appointed Mr Walter Chan Kar-lok as convenor-cum-member of the Pensions Appeal Panel (PAP) and the Appeal Panel on Government's Voluntary Contributions under the Civil Service Provident Fund Scheme (APGVC) for a term of three years with effect from April 8, 2016.
The Government also expressed deep gratitude to Dr Eliza Chan Ching-har, who will retire from the two appeal panels on April 7, 2016, for her sound advice and valuable input over the past years.
As a statutory body established under the Pension Benefits Ordinance, PAP is responsible for advising the Chief Executive on petitions made by civil servants against decisions to cancel, suspend, reduce or refuse to grant pension benefits. On the other hand, APGVC is an administrative panel set up to tender advice to the Chief Executive on representations made by civil servants against decisions to forfeit or recover their accrued benefits attributable to government voluntary contributions under the Civil Service Provident Fund Scheme.
The other two members of the appeal panels are Professor John Lee Chi-kin and Miss Elaine Chan Wing-yi.
Ends/Friday, April 1, 2016
Issued at HKT 10:30
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