37.—(1) Until such time as contracts of service are drawn up by the telecommunication successor company, the schemes and terms and conditions of service in the Authority shall continue to apply to every person transferred to the service of the company under section 36 as if he were still in the service of the Authority.
(2) Where any person who is transferred to the service of the telecommunication successor company under section 36 is a contributor under the Widows’ and Orphans’ Pension Act (Cap. 350), he shall for the purposes of that Act continue to make contributions under that Act as if he had not been transferred to the service of the company and for the purposes of that Act, his service with the company shall be deemed to be service with the Government.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Pensions Act (Cap. 225), no person who is transferred to the service of the telecommunication successor company under section 36 shall be entitled to claim any benefits under that Act on the ground that he has been retired from the service of the Government on account of abolition or reorganisation of office in consequence of the incorporation of the company.
(4) The Authority shall continue to be liable to pay to former officers or employees of the Government, the former Telecommunication Authority or the Authority, as the case may be, who have retired on or before the transfer date such pension benefits payable under the Pensions Act as they are entitled to and the Government shall be liable to pay to the Authority such portion of any such pension benefits payable to such former officer or employee as the same shall bear to the proportion which the aggregate amount of his pensionable emoluments during his service with the Government bears to the aggregate amount of his pensionable emoluments during his service under the Government, the former Telecommunication Authority and the Authority.
(5) In this section, “former Telecommunication Authority” means the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore established under the repealed Telecommunication Authority of Singapore Act 1974 (Act 1/74).