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Thursday, November 1, 1973
$50 PAY RISE FOR BOTTOM SCALE GOVERNMENT SERVANTS
Increase Backdated To April 1
Some 40,000 male civil servants will receive a $50 monthly
increase in take-home pay which will be back-dated to April 1 of this year.
The civil servants concerned are those in Model Scale 1, who
range from cleaners, labourers and messengers to skilled tradesmen and
junior foremen. Postmen and Assistant Postmen who are paid on a special
scale will also receive this increase.
As part of the revised pay arrangements, the cost of living
allowance being paid at April 1 this year has been incorporated into
the basic pay scale and a new cost of living allowance table introduced.
The new basic pay scales are a result of a review by the Government
Pay Investigation Unit which compared the April 1 pay and conditions of
service in the civil service with April 1 pay and conditions of service
of people in the private sector doing similar work. The new rates
have been agreed by the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council.
The extra cost of meeting the additional wage payments for
Model Scale 1 staff will be about $24 million a year.
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