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representatives. The aim of the survey was assess whether or not the present remuneration of Hong Kong's civil service, including both salaries and fringe benefits, was broadly in line with that of employees in the private sector doing comparable work as at 31 August 1986. While the non-directorate survey was actually commissioned and monitored by the Standing Commission, the Directorate survey was monitored by the Standing Committee on Directorate Salaries and Conditions of Service.
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The results of the survey show generally that, with the exception of Model Scale 1 staff (manual workers) and Directorate officers from D3 upwards, civil servants on local terms of appointment enjoy good salaries and fringe benefits (particularly the latter in terms of retirement and housing benefits). An explanation of the survey methodology and the results is given at Annex A.
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In
forwarding the non-directorate pay level survey results to the Administration, the Standing Commission has not made any recommendations one way or another
as to how account should be taken of the results in determining the 1987 civil service pay adjustment or in the future.
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At various stages of the survey the Staff Sides of the Senior Civil Service Council and the Police Force Council expressed serious reservation on the survey methodology adopted for the assessment of
of jobs and the
the valuation of individual fringe benefits,
benefits, on the selection of jobs for comparison, on the information provided by the private companies participating in the survey and on the overall findings. In November 1986 the Staff Side of the Police Force Council withdrew from the discussion forum organised by the Standing
organised by the Standing Commission. The Staff Side of the Senior Civil Service Council followed suit a month later and recently forwarded its own views on the non-directorate survey in the form of a report
report to the Standing Commission and the Administration, reiterating their misgivings on various aspects of the survey and maintaining that the non-directorate civil service total package did not compare favourably with private sector practice. The Police Force Council also expressed doubt over the whole survey and could not accept the results mainly because no jobs in the private sector comparable to those in the Police Force were available for comparison and because the survey took no account of the special nature of Police jobs.
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It is clear that a great deal of analysis and further thought will need to be given to this whole subject, and the Administration is therefore not yet in a position to be able to take a firm decision. The Administration intends to ask the Standing Commission to
consider the views expressed by the