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WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1977
38 SENIOR CLERKS DRAWING MAXIMUM SALARY
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THIRTY-EIGHT SENIOR CLERICAL OFFICERS, OUT OF A TOTAL STRENGTH OF 154, ARE ON THE MAXIMUM POINT OF THE IR SALARY SCALE, THE SECRETARY FOR CIVIL SERVICE, THE HON. J.C.A. HAMMOND TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
IN REPLYING TO QUESTIONS BY THE HON. LEUNG TAT-SHING MR. HAMMOND DISCLOSED THAT THE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN DRAWING MAXIMUM SALARY FOR AN AVERAGE OF 2.7 YEARS.
HE ADDED THAT 357 CLERICAL OFFICERS RANK 1, OUT OF A TOTAL STRENGTH OF 837, AND 778 CLERICAL OFFICERS RANK 11, OUT OF A TOTAL STRENGTH OF 4,800, ARE ON THE MAXIMUM POINT OF THEIR SALARY SCALE.
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HAMMOND ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE CLERICAL OFFICERS RANK 1 HAVE BEEN DRAWING MAXIMUM SALARY FOR AN AVERAGE OF 3.7 YEARS WHILE THAT OF THE CLERICAL OFFICERS RANK 11 IS 3.6 YEARS.
ISSUE OF SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT SESSION, REPORTS OF SUPPLE- MENTARY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WOULD BE ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE, CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS AFTERNOON IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON, JAMES WU.
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