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only
be payable if the
officer provided a
satisfactory standard of service.
(b) It was important
officers
to
retain long serving
in the civil service and to motivate
them to continue to work hard particularly in
view of the likely difficult times which lay
ahead.
(c)
Some Members expressed concern that the
Standing Commission's recommendations were
merely tinkering with the problem. It was
suggested that no action should be taken
until the Commission had completed its
review of the salary structure in the
service.
overall
civil
this was an
to
two years
look urgently
However, it was noted that
enormous task which would take
complete and an undertaking to
at problems especially within
the medical professions, had already been
given by the Administration. The proposals
before the Council were only an interim
solution.
(d)
The payment of the temporary allowance
referred to in paragraph 1, would create more
problems
than it would solve.
If
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