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Thursday, March 1, 1973

GOVERNMENT PROPOSES TO RECRUIT MORE STAFF

Over 104,000 Employees For New Fiscal Year

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The Government will be recruiting more staff for the

Public Service in the coming financial year.

If the Draft Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure are

approved by the Legislative Council, the Public Service will have

posts for over 104,000 employees in its various departments.

The Report of the Establishment Sub-Committee of the

Finance Committee, tabled at yesterday's meeting of the Legislative

Council, says this represents an increase of 6,54 per cent over

last year,

in the net total of posts in the Public Service.

Salaries, excluding pensions, will amount to an estimated

$1,370 million in the coming financial year as against the original

estimate of $1,186 million in the current year an increase of

about $184 million.

This increase includes provision for salaries of posts

provided during the current year, as well as for posts proposed

with Estimates.

The Report says the highest expansion rates and the largest

establishments continue to be in departments providing direct services

to the public, such as the Police and Urban Services.

/The largest