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Wednesday, February 13, 1974
Organisations being subvented on a deficiency basis
—
mainly
aided schools and certain major medical organisations
receive sufficient
funds to assist them in applying to their own staff salary increases
approved for comparable posts in the public service,
The government takes an active role in the administration of these organisations, including control over the number and grades of staff required, and over their salary scales and appointments.
Such control is not exercised in the case of agencies receiving
discretionary grants.
ADVICE SOUGHT ON COMMUNITY SERVICE ORDERS SCHEME
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The government is making enquiries regarding the operation of a new system in England whereby courts may order certain offenders to do unpaid community service work instead of imposing other sentences.
The Attorney General, the Hon. John Hobley, told the Legislative Council that the possibility of introducing such a scheme in Hong Kong had been considered by a departmental working party.
However, there were differing views as to the suitability and practicability of such a scheme, he said, and advice has been sought as
to how the idea is working out in practice in Britain.
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