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The new machinery needs to be set up quickly, and to be continuously available. It should provide clear and agreed channels for the staff side to present and argue their views. Its advice should be expert and impartial, and should take into account the best interests of the community at large.
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I am able to announce that it has been decided to set up without delay a review body, or some form of commission, on a standing basis. The Staff Side of the Senior Civil Service Council will be consulted shortly on the terms of reference and membership of the new standing body. I hope that it will then be possible to put firm proposals to the Governor in Council before the end of the calendar year.
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I believe, Sir, that with goodwill all round, the new standing body will provide an effective means of keeping salary scales and class structures under review, and recommending changes whenever the need arises. setting up this new review body we shall have taken a major step towards improving staff relations within the civil service, for practically all major disputes, and certainly all disputes involving industrial action, have concerned those pay and structure matters which it is proposed to include in its terms of reference. However, it must be understood that the size and complexity of the liong Kong Civil Service are now such that a thorough review will necessarily take time.
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