Text proposed by the BLDC Special Groups
4. Suggest to delete "The pay, allowances,
benefits and conditions of
....corresponding level."
are:
(i) There
should
service
The reasons
not
be
any
contradiction with the provision "no less favourable than before" in Article 4.
(ii) It imposes restriction on the flexibility in the employment of advisers, and professional and technical staff as provided for in Article
the
5.
Moreover, such persons will into account of the
demand
employment of
need to take supply and
international market.
in
the
5.
and
medical
social
Employees of subvented organisations (mainly educational,
and health,
welfare organisations) strongly demanded that the Basic Law should make provisions for them, in the same manner as for public servants, to remain in employment with conditions of service no less
favourable than before. This is a reasonable request, but it is inappropriate to put it in this section. Suggest to make provisions for it in the Chapter on Culture and Education.
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Our proposed text