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of irrationali, deviance and a lack of perception on the part of civil
servants.
There is lit le willingness to recognise increased militancy as
symptomatic of deeply-felt dissatisfaction.
The declining rate of growth in civil service employment means there
is little prospect that promotion opportunities will diffuse collective interests amongst civil servants. Rather, the lack of prospects has acted
as an important impetus to union growth. The only two areas which have grown
rapidly in terms of staff and salary (the ICAC and RHK Police) do not liave
their conditions of service determined within existing consultation machinery.
This anomoly, Both employ a large number of expatriates in high posts.
combined with the creeping nature of localisation generally and with continued
expatriate privileges, is likely to be an increasing source of friction.
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There are identifiable differences in attitude and behaviour between.
those unions representing professional (excluding teachers and Fire services
staff, who, un a salary basis really don't fit here) and upper grade civil
servants and those catering for semi-professional, technical and general
grades.. This appears to be related to professional identity and the very wide
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Including. salary differentials within the Hong Kong civil service.
expatriates as a separate group, staff relations are being strained in at
least three directions.. Professional bodies are vitally concerned with the
question of localisation, expatriate privileges and retirement.
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Lower-grade.
associations are inclined to immediate cash gains and more impelled to take
informal action in pursuit of these. This difference of interests may be
narrowing to some degree as younger professionals entering the service
display an increased concern over remuneration. Again, some of these pressures
are common to civil services elsewhere.
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Little can be said with confidence about Mod Scale 1 employees. It
Such as provision for overseas travel and housing entitlements. Differentials widen even more when housing benefits, which are directly proportional to income are taken into account.