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Civil Service Pay) in October 1980.

published in early February.

Report No. 6 will be

4.

The Commission will also report to the Governor

shortly on its further examination of benchmark pay levels

for educational qualifications between School Certificate

and Degree, and on its review of grades with student ranks.

The report (Report No. 7) is being drafted and will be

ready for submission in March.

Reorganisation of Government Secretariat and Departments

A. Lands, Works and Transport

5.

The reorganisation involves :

(a) the division of the former Environment Branch

into two new Branches concerned with Transport

and Lands & Works respectively, with the

Environmental Protection Division being

transferred on an interim basis to the

Administration Branch;

(b) the splitting of the Public Works Department

into a number of independent "works" departments;

(c) the creation of a new Lands Department;

(d) the incorporation of all aspects of transport

management into the Transport Branch.

The first stage of the reorganisation was completed in

September 1981. Proposals will shortly be presented to the

Finance Committee of the Legislative Council on the

reorganisation of the Transport Department and the splitting

up of the Public Works Department. A Director of Lands

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