THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1963
* THERE SHOULD BE NO FURTHER IMPROVEMENT IN 1983 IN THE
REAL VALUE OF CIVIL SERVICE BENEFITS. THIS MEANS THAT NO NEW BENEFIT SHOULD BE INTRODUCED THIS YEAR, AND ADJUSTMENT TO EXISTING BENEFITS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO COVERING INCREASES IN COST DUE TO INFLATION; AND
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THE GAP, IN DOLLAR TERMS, BETWEEN THE CIVIL SERVICE AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR TOTAL PACKAGES SHOULD NOT WIDEN AS A RESULT OF ANY CIVIL SERVICE PAY ADJUSTMENT IN 1983. TO ACHIEVE THIS, AN ADJUSTED SET OF PAY TREND INDICATORS SHOULD BE PRODUCED AND USED BY THE GOVERNMENT AS A GUIDE IN ARRIVING AT AN APPROPRIATE PAY AWARD.
A METHOD OF MAKING THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENT IS CONTAINED IN THE COMMISSION'S REPORT.
THE COMMISSION STRESSED THAT CIVIL SERVICE PAY POLICY IS A HIGHLY COMPLEX SUBJECT AND IS TOO IMPORTANT, NOT ONLY TO CIVIL SERVANTS BUT TO THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG AS A WHOLE, FOR THE LATEST RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE THE LAST WORD ON THE MATTER. IT IS ESSENTIAL,
IT IS ESSENTIAL, IN THE COMMISSION'S VIEW, THAT ALL ASPECTS OF CIVIL SERVICE PAY POLICY SHOULD BE KEPT UNDER REVIEW IN THE LIGHT OF CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES. THE COMMISSION PROPOSES TO CONTINUE ITS STUDY OF THIS DIFFICULT SUBJECT AND TO SUBMIT FURTHER REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT FROM TIME TO TIME.
THE COMMISSION'S REPORT NO 9 IS ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AT $7 A COPY.
DOMESTIC MERCHANDISE EXPORT STATISTICS FOR 1982 *****
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY RELEASED DOMESTIC EXPORTS STATISTICS ANALYSED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN FOR THE YEAR 1982.
THIS SERIES IS DERIVED BY RE-GROUPING ALL SIX-DIGIT COMMODITY EXPORT ITEMS UNDER THE PRESENT EXTERNAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM ACCORDING TO THE INDUSTRIES IN WHICH THESE COMMODITY ITEMS ARE NORMALLY PRODUCED.
SINCE ITS SCOPE IS CONFINED TO MERCHANDISE TRADE, TRANSACTIONS IN GOLD AND SPECIE ARE NOT INCLUDED.
THE CLASSIFICATION OF COMMODITY EXPORT ITEMS BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN IS STRUCTURED UPON THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD CLASSIFICATION OF ALL ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES (ISIC), AS DISTINCT FROM THE UNITED NATIONS STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION (SITC) WHICH IS ADOPTED IN THE REGULAR TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.
/RE CREAMING
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