NON-PENSIONABLE SCHOOL TEACHERS (Medical benefits after retirement)

Dr Lau Teik Soon asked the Minister for Home Affairs and Education whether non-pensionable school teachers after their retirement can continue to have the medical benefits which they enjoy at present.

The Senior Minister of State for Education (Mr Chai Chong Yii) (for the Minister for Home Affairs and Education): Mr Speaker, Sir, under the existing regulations, only officers who have retired and are pensionable, i.e. actually in receipt of pensions, are eligible for continued medical benefits. Those who have retired but are not pensioners are not eligible for continued medical benefits. These regulations apply to the Government Service as a whole and not just to teachers.