WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1981
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REPLYING TO REMARKS BY THE HON CHAN KAM-CHUEN ABOUT FACTORY ACCOMMODATION, MR MCDONALD SAID THAT CHANGE OF USE OF FACTORY
TES UPON REDEVELOPMENT WAS NOT GENERALLY PERMITTED.
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HOWEVER, MANY OLDER INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WERE BEING REDEVELOPED FOR MORE INTENSIVE AND PROFITABLE INDUSTRIAL USE, BUT THE LOSS OF SUCH INDUSTRIAL ACCOMMODATION SHOULD BE REGARDED AS PURELY T_MPORARY.
ON MR CHAN'S SUGGESTION OF SUBSIDISED LAND BEING OFFERED FOR INDUSTRIAL USE, HE SAID THAT CURRENT SIGNS OF SOME OVER-SUPPLY OF INDUSTRIAL FLOOR SPACE AND FALLING INDUSTRIAL LAND PRICES MADE GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION AT THIS TIME INAPPROPRIATE.
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HOWEVER. THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO PRESS ON WITH ITS OVERALL INDUSTRIAL LAND SALES PROGRAMME, HE SAID.
POLICY ON CIVIL SERVICE PAY ****
THE GOVERNMENT'S STATED POLICY ON CIVIL SERVICE REMUNERATION IS THAT PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE FOR CIVIL SERVANTS SHOULD BE REGARDED AS FAIR BOTH BY THEMSELVES AND BY THE PUBLIC WHOM THEY SERVE, THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, THE HON MARTIN ROWLANDS SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN REPLY TO REMARKS MADE BY UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR ROWLANDS SAID THAT AT PRESENT, THE GOVERNMENT ATTEMPTED TO ACHIEVE THIS STATE OF EQUITY BY APPLYING THE PRINCIPLE OF FAIR COMPARISION WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
SINCE THE PAY TREND SURVEY SYSTEM WAS ADOPTED IN 1974, HE SA ID THE ONLY SALARY ADJUSTMENTS FOR CIVIL SERVANTS HAD BEEN THOSE BASED ON OBSERVED TRENDS IN PRIVATE SECTOR SALARIES.
*THE ONLY YEAR IN WHICH THERE HAS BEEN A DEPARTURE FROM THAT WAS IN 1975 WHEN, ON OVERRIDING ECONOMIC GROUNDS, IT WAS DECIDED NOT TO GIVE ANY SALARY INCREASE TO THE CIVIL SERVICE DESPITE THE FACT THAT PAY TREND SURVEY HAD INDICATED AN UPWARDS MOVEMENT IN PRIVATE SECTOR SALARIES IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING REVIEW PERIOD, HE SAID.
HOWEVER, MR ROWLANDS SAID THE STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE HAD BEEN ASKED TO ADVISE ON THE SUITABILITY OF THE PAY TREND SURVEY SYSTEM AND AN INTER IM REPORT ON THIS WAS EXPECTED SHORTLY,
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