THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1976
+THE LINE BETWEEN FACT AND FICTION WAS FREQUENTLY CROSSED, AND THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN,+ HE SAID.
ON THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR. BREMRIDGE SAID THE TIME HAD NOW COME FOR A GENERAL, BUT CERTAINLY NOT RETROACTIVE, PAY INCREASE FOR THOSE CIVIL SERVICE GRADES WHO DID NOT GET AUTOMATIC COST-OF- LIVING INCREASES, PROVIDED IT COULD BE SHOWN THAT COMPARABLE GOOD EMPLOYERS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR HAD ACTED SIMILARLY.
REFERRING TO THE PRINCIPLE OF COMPARABILITY, HE SAID +IT IS VERY DIFFICULT INDEED TO SET LIKE AGAINST LIKE IN SUCH COMPLICATED AFFAIRS.+
HE SAID THAT REAL SACRIFICES HAD RECENTLY MADE IN THE COMMUNITY INTEREST BY CIVIL SERVANTS AND THAT AT THE HIGHER LEVELS THERE WAS LITTLE IF ANY COMPARABILITY.
IT WAS NOW TIME +TO ENSURE THAT THESE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK FOR US ARE TREATED AT LEAST FAIRLY IF NOT GENEROUSLY.
MR. BREMRIDGE SAID THAT NOW THAT HONG KONG WAS OVER THE HUMP FINANCIALLY, THE AIM MUST BE TO +PRODUCE QUICKLY A FAIR SETTLEMENT ACCEPTABLE TO ALL.+
ON THE MCKINSEY RECOMMENDATIONS, MR. BREMRIDGE SAID KIS PARTICULAR CONCERN WAS WITH THE INTRODUCTION TO THE GOVERNMENT OF MODERN BUDGETARY SYSTEMS OF FINANCIAL CONTROL, AND OF MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES.
HE SAID IN ALL GOVERNMENT, ONLY QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL HAD AN EFFECTIVE FULL-SCALE ANNUAL OPERATING PLAN.
+CAN WE HOPE FOR FURTHER MOVEMENT IN THIS IMPORTANT FIELD?+ HE ASKED.
MR. BREMRIDGE REFERRED TO THE SHORTAGE OF QUALIFIED ACCOUNTANTS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE, AND THE CONSEQUENT DIFFICULTY OF DISCERNING TRUE COSTS.+
HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE WERE REAL PROBLEMS TO BE FACED AND THAT NO QUICK OUTCOME WAS LIKELY +BUT PROGRESS SEEMS DESPERATELY SLOW.
ON RECREATION, MR. BREMRIDGE CALLED FOR A FRESH LOOK+ AT HIS SUGGESTION OF MAKING AVAILABLE SOME OF OUR RESERVOIRS FOR RECREATIONAL USE.
HE NOTED THAT MANY RESERVOIRS IN THE U.K. WERE OPEN TO BOATING. IN SINGAPORE, WHEN SELETAR RESERVOIR WAS OPENED IT WAS THOUGHT APPROPRIATE TO STAGE A WATER CARNIVAL.
+THE SAME SENSIBLE OUTLOOK (WHICH IS DENIED TO US) PREVAILS IN MANY OTHER COUNTRIES,+ HE SAID.
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