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Wednesday, March 1, 1972
COST OF CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATED AT OVER $1,186 MILLION
90,656 Permanent Posts And 7,809 Supernumerary Posts
The cost of the civil service for the next financial year
starting on April 1, 1972, is estimated at over $1,186 million.
The Financial Secretary, the Hon. C.P. Haddon-Cave said today
the approved establishment on April 1 this year, if the Draft Estimates were approved, would be 90,656 permanent posts and 7,809 supernumerary posts a 4.3 per cent increase on 1971-72.
Presenting his Budget proposals to the Legislative Council, he
said civil service was one of the two main elements in the increase of $384 million in recurrent expenditure for 1972-73, the other element being
recurrent subventions.
He said civil service accounted for $218 million of the $384
million increase.
Of the $218 million increase for civil service, he said, $40
million was accounted for by new posts, $41 million by incremental creep,
and #137 million by the new scales introduced as a result of the 1971
Salaries Commission's recommendations.
"The personal emoluments bill for the Education Department will eventually increase by about $6 million in a full year if and when the new
salary scales for teachers are agreed upon and implemented."
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