WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1988
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NEW CHAIRMAN OF CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES COMMISSION APPOINTED
THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED SIR SIDNEY GORDON TO TAKE UP THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE INDEPENDENT STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE FROM SIR 9.Y CHUNG WHO 19 RETIRING AT THE END OF THIS MONTH AFTER RIGHT YEARS OF SERVICE, WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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THE STANDING COMMISSION ADVISES THE GOVERNMENT ON PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES GOVERNING NON-DIRECTORATE CIVIL SERVICE AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE.
SIR SIDNEY GORDON IS A CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT BY PROFESSION.
HE SERVED ON THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL FROM 1965 TO 1980 AND BEEN A MEMBER OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON DIRECTORATE SALARIES CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, WHICH DEALS WITH DIRECTORATE OFFICERS' PAY CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, SINCE 1971.
SIR SIDNEY'S APPOINTMENT WILL BE EFFECTIVE FROM SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR.
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16TH MERTING OF SINO-BRITISH LAND COMMISSION
THE TWO SIDES OF THE SINO-BRITISH LAND COMMISSION HAVE AGREED THAT THE 16TH MEETING OF THE COMMISSION WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (THURSDAY).
THE MEETING WILL DISCUSS THE AVERAGE COST OF LAND PRODUCTION FOR THE 1988-89 FINANCIAL YEAR.
PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES FOR JULY RELEASED
IN JULY THIS YEAR, THE YEAR-ON-YEAR GROWTH RATE OF RE-EXPORTS CONTINUED TO BE SUBSTANTIAL, BUT THAT OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS MUCH LOWER.
THIS IS SHOWN IN THE PROVISIONAL TRADE FIGURES RELEASED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
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