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PRIVACY MARKING
In Confidence
CHUNG Wah-Leung, Esq., President,
Hong Kong Chinese Civil Servants Association, HONG KONG,
Sir,
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Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
I am directed by the Secretary of State for Foreign
and Commonwealth Affairs to refer to your Association's
petition to Her Majesty The Queen dated 28 November,
1969, and to inform you that the points you have raised
about e qual pay for women have been given careful
consideration.
The Secretary of State has noted that the Hong
Kong Government announced in 1966 that its policy with
regard to equal pay for women in the Public Service
would be that where men and women were doing identical
work, or similar work of virtually equal value, both
should be paid the same salary, and that this policy
would be implemented in accordance with a phased
programme extending over a reasonable period of time
not exceeding ten years. He has also noted that in
October 1969 the Hong Kong Government, with the
agreement of the Staff Side of the Senior Civil Service
Council, issued an Establishment Circular announcing
the details of the first stage of a scheme providing
for the introduction of equal pay for women in the
Public Service by annual stages over the period from
1 April, 1969, to 1 April, 1975.
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He understands
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