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WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1985
GOVERNOR, LADY YOUDE TO VISIT CHINA
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, AND LADY YOUDE, WILL LEAVE HONG KONG TOMORROW (THURSDAY) FOR A VISIT TO CHINA.
THEY WILL BE TRAVELLING ON FLIGHT CA304, ETD 12 NOON.
THE GOVERNOR AND LADY YOUDE WILL ARRIVE IN CANTON TOMORROW AFTERNOON, WHERE THEY WILL VISIT THE CANTON TRADE FAIR BEFORE DEPARTING FOR NANJING THE SAME EVENING.
FROM NANJING, THEY WILL VISIT YANGZHOU, ZHENJIANG AND WUXI BEFORE MOVING ON TO SHANGHAI ON MAY 7.
IN SHANGHAI, THE GOVERNOR AND LADY YOUDE WILL BE GUESTS OF HONOUR OF A HIGH-LEVEL ECONOMIC MISSION, ORGANISED BY THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, TO COINCIDE WITH THE +MADE IN HONG KONG 85+ PRODUCT EXHIBITION TO BE HELD AT THE SHANGHAI EXHIBITION CENTRE FROM MAY 8 TO MAY 13.
SIR EDWARD AND LADY YOUDE ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO HONG KONG ON MAY 9.
CIVIL SERVICE PAY ADJUSTMENT ANNOUNCED
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THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY A PAY AWARD FOR CIVIL SERVANTS AVERAGING 9.5 PER CENT FROM APRIL 1.
THE PAY AWARD IS TAPERED FROM 11.3 PER CENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MASTER PAY SCALE TO 8.7 PER CENT AT THE TOP OF THE SCALE. THE DIRECTORATE PAY SCALE HAS BEEN ADJUSTED UPWARDS BY AN AVERAGE OF 8.5 PER CENT.
THE MODEL SCALE 1 PAY SCALE, THE DISCIPLINED SERVICES (OFFICER) PAY SCALE, THE DISCIPLINED SERVICES (RANK AND FILE) PAY SCALE AND THE TRAINING PAY SCALE HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED IN LINE WITH THE CORRESPONDING POINTS ON THE MASTER PAY SCALE.
COMMENTING ON THE PAY AWARD, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE LEVEL OF PAY ADJUSTMENT FOLLOWED CLOSELY THE RESULTS OF THE PAY TREND SURVEY OF 58 COMPANIES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
THESE COMPANIES HAVE ABOUT 95 000 EMPLOYEES AND REPRESENT A CROSS-SECTION OF HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC LIFE. COMPANIES IN THE MANUFACTURING, CONSTRUCTION, WHOLESALE, RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, RESTAURANTS, TRANSPORT, COMMUNICATION AND FINANCIAL SECTORS ARE INCLUDED.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE PAY TREND SURVEY EXCLUDED MERIT PAYMENTS MADE BY PRIVATE COMPANIES, WHICH AVERAGED BETWEEN TWO AND THREE PER CENT WHEN WEIGHTED TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF EMPLOYEES NOT RECEIVING ANY MERIT PAYMENT.
CIVIL SERVICE INCREMENTS CALCULATED ON THE SAME BASIS SHOWED AN AVERAGE SIZE OF 2.9 PER CENT.
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