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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1975

REPORT ON CLERKS SUBMITTED TO GOVERNMENT

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THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE CLERICAL CLASS WHICH BEGAN WORK ON OCTOBER 28, 1974 HAS SUBMITTED A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT TO THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR. ALAN SCOTT.

THE REPORT, WHICH HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE 14-MAN JOINT COMMITTEE. ANALYSES THE VIEWS OF HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS AND THE RESULTS OF INVESTIGATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE JOINT COMMITTEE INTO THE STRUCTURE AND LEVELS OF REMUNERATION OF THE 10,000 STRONG CLERICAL CLASS.

THE REPORT COVERS THE KINDS OF WORK THE CLASS IS DOING, A COMPARISON OF THE CLERICAL CLASS WITH OTHER GRADES OF GOVERNMENT WHOSE WORK IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE CLERICAL CLASS AND STAFF RELATONS WITHIN DEPARTMENTS IN SO FAR AS THEY AFFECT THE CLERICAL CLASS.

THE JOINT COMMITTEE PLACED PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON A STUDY OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE CLERICAL CLASS AND AREAS WHERE IMPROVEMENTS MIGHT BE POSSIBLE WHICH WOULD PRODUCE BETTER TRAINED AND BETTER MOTIVATED OFFICERS WHOSE PRODUCTIVITY WOULD BE INCREASED AND WHO WOULD GIVE BETTER SERVICE TO THE GOVERNMENT. TE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON THESE ASPECTS COMPRISE THE GREATER PART OF THE REPORT.

THE REPORT FORMS THE CULMINATION OF MORE THAN THREE AND A HALF MONTHS WORK ON THE PART OF THE TWO SIDES, OFFICIAL AND STAFF, MAKING UP THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE.

FOUR OF THE SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE STAFF SIDE, ALL OF WHOM ARE OFFICE BEARERS OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT CLERICAL STAFF ASSOCIATION, WERE PERMANENTLY DETACHED FROM NORMAL DUTIES TO CONCENTRATE EXCLUSIVELY ON THE WORK OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE. TOGETHER WITH MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH THEY CONSIDERED DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS AND INTERVIEWED DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVES TO ASSIMILATE AND ANALYSE THE MASS OF CONSIDERED OPINIONS, FACTS AND FIGURES ON WHICH THE REPORT IS BASED.

THE STATEMENT. ISSUED BY THE JOINT COMMITTEE CONCLUDED : +IT IS HOPED THAT WHEN THE REPORT HAS BEEN GIVEN CONSIDERATION DY THE GOVERNMENT, THE DECISIONS TAKEN ON THE PROPOSALS IT MAKES AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS IT CONTAINS, WILL LEAD TO A MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE, BETTER TRAINED AND BETTER MOTIVATED CLERICAL SERVICE, BRINGING GREATER PRODUCTIVITY AND INCREASED EFFICIENCY WITHIN DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES AND GIVING TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CLERICAL CLASS A SENSE OF SATISFACTION IN THEIR WORK AND IN THEIR CAREERS+.

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