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FM HONG KONG 150800Z JANUARY 80
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 93 OF 15 JANUARY
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
MAJOR PAY DISPUTES IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.
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MY TELNO 19 OF 4 JANUARY REFERS.
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2. DISPENSERS. THE PHARMACEUTICAL STAFF ASSOCIATION SUSPENDED
INDUSTRIAL ACTION ON 7 JANUARY, PENDING THE COURT CASE. THE 7 EVENING CLINICS CLOSED AS A RESULT OF THE DISPENSERS' INDUSTRIAL ACTION WERE RE-OPENED AS FROM 9 JANUARY.
3. POSTAL STAFF. THE BAN ON OVERTIME WORK BY POSTAL OFFICERS
HAD INITIALLY CAUSED SOME DISRUPTION TO POSTAL SERVICES. THIS COMING AT THE WAKE OF THE CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR PERIOD HAD LED THE POST- MASTER GENERAL TO SUSPEND CERTAIN POSTAL SERVICES AS FROM 7 JANUARY UNTIL THE BACKLOG WAS CLEARED. THE SUSPENDED SERVICES INCLUDED OVERSEAS AND LOCAL REGISTERED AND INSURED MAIL, OVERSEAS SURFACE PARCELS AND INLAND PARCELS, OVERSEAS SURFACE PRINTED MATTERS AND INLAND PRINTED MATTERS. AS MUCH OF THE BACKLOG WAS
CLEARED, OVERSEAS REGISTERED AND INSURED MAIL AND OVERSEAS SURFACE
PARCELS SERVICES WERE RESUMED ON 14 JANUARY.
4. CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH AND POST OFFICE REPRESENTATIVES MET THE UNION
ON 10 AND 14 JANUARY BUT NO AGREEMENT COULD BE REACHED ON THE UNION'S PROPOSED REVISED PAY SCALES FOR THE POSTAL OFFICERS AS THESE MATTERS FALL WITHIN THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE STANDING COMMISSION. THE UNION HAS NOW ANNOUNCED THAT IT WOULD BAN OVERTIME WORK AND SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS WORK AS FROM 16 JANUARY.
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