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Tuesday, August 22, 1972
"Increases in the Modified Consumer Price Index will, in future, be compensated by a new Cost of Living Allowance which rises by $15 for every five-point increase in the Consumer Price Index," he added.
The pay award results from a review by the Government's Pay Investigation Unit into the wages of Model Scale 1 staff, based on an objective comparison with pay and conditions of service of people doing similar work in private firms and commercial and industrial enterprises.
The extra cost of meeting the additional wage payments for Model
Scale 1 staff will be about $23 million a year.
NEW TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS FOR FERRY STREET
Traffic routing in the Public Light Bus Terminus at Ferry Street, Kowloon, is to be re-routed one-way eastbound to facilitate the picking-up and setting-down of passengers.
The new arrangement will cone into force at 10 a.. Thursday (August 24).
Appropriate traffic signs will be erected to guide drivers.
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