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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1993
PUBLIC VIEWS ON LEGCO MEMBERS REMUNERATION PACKAGE INVITED
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THE COMMISSION ON REMUNERATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HAS STARTED ITS REVIEW OF THE REMUNERATION PACKAGE FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND INVITED VIEWS FROM THE PUBLIC.
"IN REVIEWING THE REMUNERATION PACKAGE, THE COMMISSION, CHAIRED BY PROFESSOR WANG GUNGWU, WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE NEEDS OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL AS THE WIDER COMMUNITY INTERESTS, + SECRETARY OF THE COMMISSION, MR GARY YEUNG SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AFTER THE COMMISSION'S FIRST MEETING.
"THE COMMISSION WELCOMES MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO FORWARD THEIR VIEWS ON AREAS SUCH AS COVERAGE OF THE REMUNERATION PACKAGE, THE LEVEL OF PROVISION, THE REVIEW MECHANISM AND FREQUENCY OF ADJUSTMENT, MR YEUNG ADDED.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN SEND THEIR VIEWS IN WRITING TO THE COMMISSION BEFORE THE END OF OCTOBER.
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ALL SUBMISSIONS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO MR GARY YEUNG, SECRETARY THE COMMISSION ON REMUNERATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, C/O CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS BRANCH, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, THIRD FLOOR, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, EAST WING, LOWER ALBERT ROAD, CENTRAL, HONG KONG.
AT PRESENT, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS RECEIVE A MONTHLY SALARY OF $39,400 ($43,250 WITH EFFECT FROM OCTOBER 1, 1993) AND A MONTHLY GENERAL EXPENSES ALLOWANCE OF $73,000 AS REIMBURSEMENT FOR OFFICE, STAFF, TRAVELLING AND ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES RELATING ΤΟ THEIR WORK AS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IN ADDITION, A LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER MAY, UNDER SPECIFIED CONDITIONS, CLAIM AN ALLOWANCE OF UP TO $100,000 TO SET UP AN OFFICE AND AN ALLOWANCE OF UP TO $73,000 TO WIND-UP HIS/HER BUSINESS WHEN HE/ SHE CEASES TO BE A MEMBER AND FOR REASONS OUTSIDE HIS/HER CONTROL.
THE COMMISSION WAS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR IN JULY THIS YEAR. THE OTHER FOUR MEMBERS ARE MR CHENG HON-KWAN,
MR ANDREW SO KWOK-WING, MR CHRISTOPHER CHENG WAI-CHEE AND DR THOMAS LEUNG KWOK-FAI.
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FOLLOWING ARE ITS TERMS OF REFERENCE:
HAVING REGARD TO THE PRESENT REMUNERATION PACKAGE AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY INTERESTS, TO RECOMMEND TO THE GOVERNOR A SYSTEM OF REMUNERATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, INCLUDING THE LEVEL OF PROVISION, THE SYSTEM FOR REVIEW AND THE METHOD OF ADJUSTMENTS BETWEEN REVIEWS:
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IN THE LIGHT OF (1), TO ADVISE THE GOVERNOR ON APPROPRIATENESS OF THE CURRENT REMUNERATION PACKAGE NON-OFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WHICH INTRODUCED FROM MAY 1, 1993 AND RECOMMEND WHETHER ADJUSTMENT DURING THE CURRENT TERM OF THE LEGISLATURE IS NECESSARY.
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