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THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1988

ON FRINGE BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYEES

OF SUBVENTED ORGANISATIONS, .HR HUI NOTED THAT EFFORTS WERE CONTINUING TO NARROW THE DISPARITY IN BALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS BETWEEN THESE EMPLOYEES AND CIVIL SERVANTS DOING THE SAME WORK.

HE SAID THE ARGUMENT ADVANCED BY THE GOVERNMENT, THAT DIFFERENT PERSONNEL PRACTICES AND SYSTEMS RENDERED STANDARDISED TREATMENT IMPOSSIBLE, WAS INCREDIBLE FOR THREE REASONS.

"FIRSTLY, SUBVENTED ORGANISATION STAFF ARE PAID ON A PAR WITH THEIR CIVIL SERVICE COUNTERPARTS CHANGES IN THE LATTER'S SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE DIRECTLY AFFECT THE FORMER.

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"SECONDLY, WHERE THE STAFF QUALIFICATION; JOB NATURE AND

BE THE WORKLOAD ARE EQUAL, PAY PACKAGES SHOULD IN ALL FAIRNESS

SAME FOR BOTH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF EQUALITY.

"THIRDLY, SUBVENTED ORGANISATIONS STAFF ARE LOOKED UPON BY THE PUBLIC AS EQUALS TO CIVIL SERVANTS. THEREFORE, IT IS UNREASONABLE THAT THEY SHOULD BE PAID LESS WHEN PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS FOR BOTH GROUPS REMAIN THE SAME.*

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PACKAGE,

MR HUI SAID THAT, ALL ALONG, SOCIAL WORKERS EMPLOYED BY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES HAD ACQUIESCED IN A SMALLER PAY

WITH LITTLE OR NO CONCOMITANT FRINGE BENEFITS AS ENJOYED BY CIVIL SERVANTS.

HE WAS CONCERNED THAT THE 1986 PAY LEVEL SURVEY, WHICH SET OUT TO BRING ABOUT A SMALLER PERCENTAGE OF SALARY ADJUSTMENT THIS YEAR, WOULD MAN IMPOSING A DOUBLE PENALTY ON VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, WHOSE "LOSS" OVER THE YEARS HAD NOT BEEN REMEDIED, WHILE THEIR ACTUAL PACKAGE WOULD BE FURTHER REDUCED,

ORDINANCE,

PAY

MR TURNING TO THE LOTTERIES FUND,

HUI SAID THAT UNDER THE

THE RECENTLY AMENDED BETTING DUTY

MEAGRE 3.5 PER CENT ALLOCATION TO THE FUND COULD ONLY BENEFIT THE GOVERNMENT TREASURY THE JOCKEY CLUB AT THE EXPENSE OF SOCIAL WELFARE PROJECTS.

AND

HE SAID THAT IN VIEW OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF CAPITAL PROJECTS

ASK IT WOULD NOT BE AVARICIOUS TO

FOR APPLYING TO THE FUND ANNUALLY + A 10 PER CENT ALLOCATION OF LOTTERIES PROCEEDS.

"I WISH ALSO ΤΟ POINT OUT THAT THE PIVOTAL QUESTION OF INVOLVING THE GOVERNMENT IN PERMANENT COMMITMENT OF ADDITIONAL

THE BY SPLITTING RECURRENT EXPENDITURES COULD BE RESOLVED

10 PER CENT LOTTERIES FUND ALLOCATION INTO TWO PARTS.

PROPOSED

"FIVE PER CENT COULD BE USED TO FINANCE CAPITAL THE OTHER FIVE PER CENT COULD BE PUT ASIDE TO SET UP A REVOLVING FUND, GENERATING INTEREST TO COVER IMPROVEMENT COSTS FOR EXISTING WHICH HAVE BEEN GIVEN LOW PRIORITY," HE SAID,

PROJECTS,

AND

SERVICES

/ON TAX