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pay scale are determined on the advice of the Standing Committee on
Directorate Salaries and Conditions of Service and those of the
remainder on the advice of the Standing Commission on Civil Service
Salaries and Conditions of Service. The Hong Kong Government plans to introduce a separate (although not necessarily higher) pay scale for all members of the judiciary and to provide for pay levels to be
determined on the advice of the Standing Committee on Directorate
Salaries and Conditions of Service but sitting as a Standing
Committee on Judicial Salaries and Conditions of Service. The
Standing Committee would also advise on conditions or service for
all members of the judiciary.
12.
It is considered that the above arrangements will have a
two-fold value. First, they will enable the salaries and conditions of service of all members of the judiciary to be examined by the
same advisory body. Secondly, they will enable members of the
judiciary to be provided with pay and conditions of service
appropriate to the need to attract local and expatriate lawyers of
the right calibre, experience, and qualifications.
13.
In addition the Hong Kong Government plans that the pay and allowances of members of the judiciary should be provided for by
law. This represents another step in the direction of reducing the
direct connection with civil service procedures and should increase the attractiveness for local lawyers of the judiciary's terms of
employment.
(B) CAREER SECURITY
14.
The Hong Kong Government plans to take the following
measures to give greater career security to members of the judiciary.
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