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Staff Relations
Senior Civil Service Council
23.
Informal discussions are being held with the
Staff Side to consider the future of the Senior Civil
Service Council (SCSC) and its relationship with other
staff associations, in particular the recently established
Hong Kong Civil Servants General Union which is now
conducting a membership drive and which may claim to
represent MOD 1 officers service-wide. The Staff Side's
proposed amendments to the 1968 Agreement between the
Government and the three main staff associations will
be considered in the light of the results of these
discussions. To date, indications are that the Staff
Side would prefer a single central consultative council
embracing all civil servants.
Study by Professor Turner
24.
Professor Turner's final report will not now
perhaps a little persunshy has been given to the type of machinery needed to settle
be available until next year. Meanwhile, consideration
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disputes with departmental grades about pay issues.
The basic principles will be the subject of informal
discussion with the Staff Side of the SCSC shortly.
Public Services International
25.
Mr Harry Batchelor, the Assistant General
Secretary of the Public Services International, paid
a short visit to Hong Kong in mid-July and had a discussion
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