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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1990
"AS A RESULT, WE HOPE TO CIVILIANISE OVER 50 POSTS IN THE FINANCIAL YEAR TO RELEASE POLICE OFFICERS FOR OPERATIONAL DUTIES," SAID.
FURTHER
OTHER POSTS WHICH COULD TO IDENTIFY STUDIES CIVILIANISED WERE BEING AND WOULD BE CONDUCTED, MR ASPREY ADDED.
GOVT TRIES TO SETTLE DISPUTES THROUGH CONSULTATION
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NEXT
HE
BE
SETTLE ANY DISPUTES
THAT
THE GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL TRIES TO ARISE THROUGH CONSULTATION
HAS AND LARGE, BY PROCESS, SECRETARY, THE HON SIR PIERS JACOBS, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
BETWEEN MANAGEMENT AND STAFF AND THIS
BEEN
THE SUCCESSFUL,
ACTING CHIEF
TO IN REPLY
QUESTION A
BY THE HON
IN DAVID CHEUNG PIERS SAID
WHERE IN CASES
A PARTICULAR
HAD
INDUSTRIAL RESORTED TO
THE
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SIR GROUP OF CIVIL SERVANTS
ACTION, THE MAINTAIN A CONTINUING DIALOGUE DEPARTMENT AFFECTED WAS EXPECTED TO
THE ISSUE THROUGH WITH THE STAFF CONCERNED, WITH A VIEW TO SETTLING NEGOTIATION.
I
"IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS TO EVEN WHERE ENSURE THAT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE SERVICES ARE NOT DISRUPTED INDUSTRIAL ACTION IS TAKEN.
"SOMETIMES THIS MAY
NOT BE
POSSIBLE BUT MEMBERS MAY REST RESPONSIBILITY ASSURED THAT HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS AND OTHERS HOLDING
THE PUBLIC ARE FULLY CONSCIOUS OF THE NEED TO MINIMISE DISRUPTION TO SERVICES," SIR PIERS SAID.
HE POINTED OUT THAT UNDER CIVIL SERVICE
THE REGULATIONS, CIVIL SERVICE SECRETARY FOR THE
MIGHT AUTHORISE DEDUCTION OF AN OR APPROPRIATE SUM FROM SALARIES OF THE STAFF REFUSING TO PERFORM ALL PART OF THEIR NORMAL DUTIES.
ALTERNATIVELY, HE MIGHT SUSPEND THEM FROM DUTY WITHOUT PAY.
"I MUST EMPHASISE, HOWEVER, THAT THE CIVIL SERVICE ARE INVOKED ONLY AS A LAST RESORT, SIR PIERS SAID.
REGULATIONS
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