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THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1986

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THE HO TIM BUILDING, WHICH WOULD BRING THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY UNDER ONE ROOF, WAS THEREFORE OF IMMENSE IMPORTANCE FOR THE CONTRIBUTION IT WOULD MAKE TO THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION WHICH HONG KONG YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD RECEIVE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME, HE ADDED.

SIR DAVID PAID TRIBUTE TO THE DONOR OF THE BUILDING AND TO THE BOARD OF CHUNG CHI COLLEGE AND WISHED THE UNIVERSITY EVERY SUCCESS IN THE YEARS AHEAD.

CIVIL SERVANTS URGED TO ACT IN PUBLIC INTEREST

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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, TODAY (THURSDAY) HOPED THAT NON-DIRECTORATE CIVIL SERVANTS WOULD ACT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THEIR PURSUIT FOR A HIGHER PAY INCREASE.

SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER THE FOUNDATION STONE LAYING CEREMONY FOR THE HO TIM BUILDING AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, SIR DAVID SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION ON THE ISSUE HAD BEEN ANNOUNCED FOLLOWING THE MEETING AND DISCUSSION OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ON TUESDAY,

ASKED WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT WAS PREPARED FOR ANY POSSIBLE ACTIONS TAKEN BY SOME CIVIL SERVICE UNIONS, SIR DAVID SAID HE DID NOT WISH TO SPECULATE ON EVENTS WHICH HAD NOT TAKEN PLACE.

ASKED TO COMMENT ON WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT HAD ADOPTED A +DIVIDE AND CONQUER+ TACTIC BY STATING THAT CERTAIN CIVIL SERVICE UNIONS WOULD BE HAPPY WITH THE 2.7 PER CENT INCREASE, HE SAID THAT THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS AND INDIVIDUAL UNIONS MUST MAKE UP THEIR OWN DECISION THEMSELVES ABOUT THIS.

+THE DECISION RESTS WITH THEM. THERE'S NO QUESTION OF DIVIDE AND RULE OR DIVIDE AND CONQUER, SIR DAVID NOTED.

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