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Wednesday, August 16, 1972
SENIOR CIVIL SERVICE COUNCIL REJECTS ALLEGATION BY C.C.S.A.
The Senior Civil Service Council today (Wednesday) rejected a statement by the Chinese Civil Servants' Association alleging that the Council "does not function properly".
A spokesman for the Council said in fact it was only the second time since 1968 that the Senior Civil Service Council had been unable to resolve an
issue.
"The Council has dealt successfully with many important and diffioult matters, amongst which have been the introduction of equal pay for women, pensionability for married women and nurses pay," he said.
"It has also reached agreement on the new structure and scales for all
the teachers other than Certificated Masters."
He said that as to the Certificated Masters' scale, the Chinese Civil Servants' Association turned down an offer which would have given an average increase of about 121⁄2 per cent and the average increase now being introduced was 10.9 per cent and not 7.4 per cent as the Aciation stated.
"Moreover," the spokesman added, "almost all Certificated Masters in Government schools will in fact get about 12 per cent as the Government earlier
stated."
Many civil servants got far smaller increases than this after the 1971 Salaries Review and most teachers other than Certificated Masters are getting
less, he said.
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