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ROLLIVED IN RESIS/AY 10. 51 17 JAN1979
TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO.116 OF 17 JANUARY,
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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
FOR MCLAREN FROM MACLEOD.
STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE.
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1. I WROTE TO YOU ON 10 JANUARY BRINGING YOU UP TO DATE ON PROGRESS. THE LATEST POSITION IS THAT THE CHAIRMAN AND EIGHT MEMBERS HAVE BEEN APPOINTED AND A PRESS RELEASE IS BEING ISSUED HERE TODAY,
AS FOLLOWS
''THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, HAS APPOINTED SIR Y.K.KAN, SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, TO BE
CHAIRMAN OF THE NEW STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES
AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE.
THE INTENTION TO SET UP THE COMMISSION WAS ANNOUNCED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 16 BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL
SERVICE, MR MARTIN ROWLANDS.
A LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION IS ATTACHED.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ALSO ANNOUNCED TODAY THE APPOINTMENT OF MR P.B.WILLIAMS TO BE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE COMMISSION. MR WILLIAMS RETIRED AS COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR LAST YEAR AFTER
25 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN HONG KONG. HE WILL ARRIVE IN HONG KONG TOMORROW (THURSDAY). HE WILL BE ASSISTED BY A FULL-TIME STAFF,
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SOME OF WHOM HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPOINTED.
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