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Saturday, November 11, 1972

GOVERNMENT DENIES 0.0.5.A. STATEMENT

""The Government has not departed in any way from the terms of the

agreement with the three main staff associations in setting up the Working

Group to consider the appropriate salary scale for Certificated Masters."

This was stated by a Government spokesman today who denied a statement

by Chinese Civil Servants Association published this morning.

"On the contrary", the apokesman said, "the agreement clearly laid

down the matters which were not referable to a committee of enquiry. The

Government was thus perfectly free to set up the Working Group to deal with

the grading of Certificated Masters just as it had set up the original 1971

Salaries Commission to look at the main salary structure of the Civil Service."

The spokesman repeated the Governor's hope, already conveyed by letter

to the C.C.S.A., that in the interests of its own members involved, it would

still change its mind and make representations to the Working Group which was

still prepared to receive representations.

Note to Editors:

ISSUE OF SUNDAY D.I.B.

There will be an issue of the Daily

Information Bulletin tomorrow (Sunday).

Copies of the Sunday D.I.B., in Chinese

and English, will be available for collection as

from 3 p.m. tomorrow at the G.I.S. Press Room,

sixth floor, Beaconsfield House.

Release Time : 2.00 p.m.

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