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SERVICE OF THE DISCIPLINED SERVICES. ITS FIRST TASK WAS TO LOOK
INTO ASPECTS OF RENNIE WHICH WERE DISPUTED OR UNFINISHED. AMONG
THE LATTER WERE THE SALARIES OF SUPERINTENDENTS AND ABOVE IN ALL THE SERVICES. RENNIE HAD RECOMMENDED AN INTERIM INCREASE IN PAY OF ABOUT 5 PER CENT BUT HAD MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEIR PAY, TOGETHER WITH THAT OF THE DISCIPLINED DIRECTORATE, WOULD NEED TO BE FURTHER REVIEWED. THE STANDING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED INCREASES FOR THE RANKS OF CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT AND ABOVE WHICH WERE BROADLY IN LINE WITH INCREASES FOR THE CIVILIAN DIRECTORATE. HOWEVER IT RECOMMENDED NO INCREASE FOR SUPERINTENDENTS AND SENIOR SUPERINTENDENTS SINCE A JOB EVALUATION BY CONSULTANTS SHOWED THAT THESE RANKS WERE ALREADY ADEQUATELY PAID HAVING REGARD TO OTHER JOBS REQUIRING A SIMILAR LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY. THIS WAS A KEY FACTOR IN THE POLICE ASSOCIATIONS DECIDING TO HAVE NOTHING FURTHER TO DO WITH THE STANDING COMMITTEE.
5. THE STANDING COMMITTEE HAS RECEIVED SUBMISSIONS ON PAY FROM ALL THE DISCIPLINED SERVICES. THE POLICE'S SUBMISSION WAS MADE IN MARCH 1990 AND THEY HAVE PRESSED FOR THIS TO BE CONSIDERED IN ADVANCE OF OTHER SUBMISSIONS. THE STANDING COMMITTEE HAS TAKEN THE VIEW THAT THE POLICE SUBMISSION SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED IN ISOLATION FROM THOSE BY THE OTHER SERVICES AND THAT ALL THE
SUBMISSIONS SHOULD BE DEALT WITH TOGETHER.
6. THE STANDING COMMITTEE IS EXPECTED TO SUBMIT RECOMMENDATIONS ON ALL RANK-AND-FILE IN SEPTEMBER AND ON ALL OFFICER RANKS TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR. IN OUR SUBMISSION TO THE STANDING COMMITTEE WE HAVE PROPOSED FOR THE RANK-AND-FILE AN IMPROVEMENT IN PAY FOR ALL SERVICES BUT SOMETHING EXTRA FOR THE POLICE, AND FOR THE OFFICER RANKS A RETURN TO THE PRE-RENNIE RELATIVITIES WHICH WOULD MEAN AN INCREASE FOR THE POLICE. OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FOR YOUR INFORMATION ONLY AS ANY DISCLOSURE WOULD BE SEEN BY THE STANDING COMMITTEE AS AN ATTEMPT TO PRE-EMPT THEIR ADVICE.
WE SUGGEST THAT ON THE PAY ISSUE YOU TAKE THE LINE THAT THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A MATTER FOR THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. THE POLICE'S SUBMISSION ON PAY IS BEING CONSIDERED BY THE STANDING COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE WILL SUBMIT ITS RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE RANK-AND-FILE IN SEPTEMBER AND ON THE OFFICER RANKS TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE COMMITTEE IS WELL AWARE OF POLICE CONCERNS. ONCE THE COMMITTEE'S ADVICE IS RECEIVED IT WILL BE CONSIDERED BY HKG AS A MATTER OF URGENCY AND IN THE MEANTIME STAFF ASSOCIATIONS WILL NEED TO BE PATIENT.
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