MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1988
"AS HONG
AND TO CONTINUE
MR RENNIE SAID.
STUDYING IN
KONG
BECOMES
SOPHISTICATED, EXPECTS ITS DISCIPLINED SERVICES TO GROW IN EXPERTISE AND
MORE
THE
COMMUNITY
TO
BE
RELIABLE AND
AVAILABLE
EFFICIENCY, WHEN NEEDED,
THE WORK CHARACTERISTICS OF
THE DISCIPLINED
ALL TO
SERVICES, THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED COMMON FACTORS APPLICABLE TO
WERE
APPLICABLE PARTICULARLY THE SERVICES, INCLUDING SOME WHICH DISCIPLINED SERVICE WORK.
"THESE INCLUDED KNOW-HOW, PROBLEM-SOLVING, AND WHICH WERE IMPORTANT IN ALL THE PUBLIC SERVICE.
ACCOUNTABILITY,
WERE MAJOR DIFFERENCES OF THE CIVIL SERVICE HARDSHIP, SOCIAL
CASES THERE MANY "FACTORS WHERE IN BETWEEN THE DISCIPLINED SERVICES AND THE REST INCLUDED DANGER, LONG HOURS OF WORK, SHIFT PATTERNS, SEGREGATION, RESTRICTIONS ON PERSONAL
MR RENNIE SAID. CALLS UPON STAFF TIME,"
FREEDOM, AND UNPREDICTABLE
HE NOTED THAT STRESS WAS ALSO LINKED TO MANY OF THESE FACTORS.
AFTER A CAREFUL ASSESSMENT OF THESE FACTORS AND ITS MEMBERS OF THE DIFFERENT SERVICES, THE COMMITTEE CONCLUDED SHOULD BE RANKED INTO THREE BROAD GROUPS FOR PAY PURPOSES.
EFFECT ON THAT THEY
THE
ITSELF; CORRECTIONAL
A CONSTITUTE
GROUP BY THE POLICE FORCE WOULD SECOND GROUP WOULD COMPRISE FIRE SERVICES (OPERATIONAL),
AND THE THIRD GROUP SERVICES, AND CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE;
( AMBULANCE) AND FIRE CONSISTS OF IMMIGRATION SERVICE, FIRE SERVICES SERVICES (CONTROL).
PAY SCALES AND THE OFFICERS AND RANK AND
THIS GROUPING SHOULD BE REFLECTED IN NEW EXISTING DISCIPLINED SERVICES PAY SCALES FOR FILE SHOULD BE ABOLISHED, MR RENNIE SAID.
NEW POLICE PAY THESE SCALES WOULD BE REPLACED BY A SEPARATE
GENERAL SCALE TO COVER THE ENTIRE RANK STRUCTURE OF THE POLICE, AND A
OTHER FOUR SERVICES (GDS) FOR THE DISCIPLINED SERVICES PAY SCALE
WHICH WOULD BE DIVIDED INTO THREE SECTIONS.
(COMMANDER} THESE ARE, GDS
FOR SENIOR COMMANDERS
(OFFICERS GDS (OFFICER}
CURRENTLY ON THE CIVIL SERVICE DIRECTORATE PAY SCALE), AND GDS (RANK AND FILE).
PAY SCALE FOR THE "THE COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMENDED A SEPARATE
SAME POLICE BECAUSE IT ACCEPTED THAT IF THE POLICE WERE PLACED ON THE
FOR THEIR STAFF SCALE AS THE OTHER SERVICES, IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE
SOMETIMES ASSOCIATIONS TO REPRESENT THEIR MEMBERS EFFECTIVELY WITHOUT BEING REQUIRED TO MAKE COMMON CAUSE WITH STAFF GROUPS TRADE UNIONS.
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