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WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1988
CIVIL SERVICE GROWTH UNAVOIDABLE
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THE GOVERNMENT MUST ENSURE THAT NECESSARY SERVICES PROVIDED AND MOREOVER IN THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE MANNER, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON PIERS JACOBS, SAID IN THE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WHEN REFERRING TO THE GROWTH SERVICE,
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WINDING UP DEBATE ON THE APPROPRIATION BILL 1988, MR SAID: "I SHARE MEMBERS' WORRIES, THOUGH AS I SAID IN MY BUDGET SPEECH, THE RATE OF GROWTH EXPECTED IN THE SHORT TERM IS PROBABLY UNAVOIDABLE.
"I FULLY ACCEPT THAT WE CANNOT AND MUST NOT DISREGARD OUR ANNUAL GROWTH TARGET OF TWO-AND-A-HALF PER CENT FOR тоо ADDED.
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MR JACOBS SAID IT WAS HIS INTENTION TO RETURN TO A MORE GROWTH BY 1990-91, DESPITE THE FORECAST CONTAINED IN THE MEDIUM FORECAST FOR THE YEARS 1987-88 TO 1991-92.
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REFERRING TO A SUGGESTION THAT A COMMISSION EXAMINE FRINGE BENEFITS, MR JACOBS SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT ALREADY HAD A COMMISSION WHICH WAS CHARGED WITH THE TASK OF
STANDING KEEPING CIVIL SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE UNDER REVIEW.
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"I WOULD, HOWEVER, OFFER A WORD OF CAUTION: THERE IS CLEARLY DISQUIET AMONG CIVIL SERVANTS CONCERNING THE POSSIBLE 'EROSION' THEIR CONDITIONS OF SERVICE,
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'WHILE SUCH CONCERN IS IN MY VIEW MISPLACED, WE MUST RECOGNISE THAT, IF IN THE COMING YEARS WE WANT A CIVIL SERVICE WHICH IS WELL-MOTIVATED AND WHOSE MORALE IS HIGH, REGARD HAS TO BE PAID TO PERCEPTION AS WELL AS THE REALITY,
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MR JACOBS ALSO SAID THAT GREAT CARE HAD TO BE TAKEN IN RELATING TO ADJUSTMENTS TO FRINGE WERE NOT MISREAD EITHER BY CIVIL WOULD LIKE TO ATTRACT INTO THE SERVICE.
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REGARDING A PROPOSAL THAT A CASH ALLOWANCE BE PAID IN HOUSING TO ATTRACT LOCAL LAWYERS, MR JACOBS SAID THAT A MEASURES DESIGNED TO FURTHER THE LOCALISATION OF THE LEGAL AS WELL AS A FULL REVIEW OF CIVIL SERVICE HOUSING BENEFITS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY,
ON THE MOVEMENT OF STAFF RETWEEN THE CIVIL SERVICE PRIVATE SECTOR, MR JACOBS SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT ACCEPTED PRINCIPLE CROSS-FERTILISATION OF THIS KIND WAS A GOOD IDEA.
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