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TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1988

THE REVIEW

DISCIPLINED

SUBMISSIONS FROM

COMMITTEE RECEIVED 122 FORMAL

STAFF SERVICES MANAGEMENTS,

ASSOCIATIONS, MEMBERS OF STAFF, AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS, AND THE REPORT CHAPTER SUMMARISING THE VARIOUS REPRESENTATIONS.

INDIVIDUAL CONTAINS A

THE PAY,

NATURE OF THE THE TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE VIEWS ON

AND DANGERS

STRESSES OF THE VARIOUS DUTIES, WORK INCLUDING THE PERSONAL RESTRICTIONS ON STAFF, AND HOURS OF WORK.

SOME CONCERN THAT THE RELEASE OF "THE COMMITTEE FELT

THE MIGHT BE MISINTERPRETED BECAUSE THEY SUMMARIES OF THE SUBMISSIONS

FEATURES OF THE SERVICES' NATURALLY TENDED TO CONCENTRATE ON THOSE WORK THAT WOULD APPEAR TO JUSTIFY HIGHER PAY,

VISITS,

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DISCUSSIONS AND "HOWEVER, FROM OUR SUBMISSIONS, WE ARE WELL AWARE THAT THERE ARE MANY REWARDING IN THE WORK OF THE DISCIPLINED SERVICES.

VIGOROUS AND

MR RENNIE SAID.

EXAMINATIONS

OF

FEATURES

SERVE SERVICES

THE

THE STAFF,

"WITH CAPABLE GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY OF HONG KONG EXTREMELY WELL.

HOWEVER, MR RENNIE SAID THE COMMITTEE WAS ALSO MADE AWARE

FELT THAT WHAT SERVICES

THEY DID WAS NOT MEMBERS OF SOME APPRECIATED BY OUTSIDERS.

THAT WELL

AND THE ASSESSMENT THEY ALSO FELT THEIR PRESENT PAY

SERVICE DID NOT PROPERLY RECOGNISE WITHIN THE CIVIL NATURE OF THEIR TASKS AND THE DISRUPTION TO THEIR PERSONAL LIVES.

OF PAY THE SPECIAL

THE

THE LONG AND IRREGULAR THE DISRUPTION WAS LARGELY CAUSED BY

THE LIABILITY ΤΟ

DUTIES HOURS AND

ON-CALL

FROM INSEPARABLE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY SERVICES 24 HOURS A DAY FOR 365 DAYS A YEAR.

THE REPORT SAYS, "TO ENSURE IT IS THE COMMITTEE'S INTENTION,

DISCIPLINED SERVICES ARE PROPERLY PAID, THAT THE STAFF OF THE

IN RELATION TO THE REST OF THE CIVIL SERVICE, FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO.

HONG

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STANDING THE COMMITTEE WAS APPOINTED IN APRIL THIS YEAR BY THE

AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE TO COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES

FIVE REVIEW THE WORK OF THE

KONG GOVERNMENT'S

DISCIPLINED FORCE, FIRE SERVICES SERVICES - ROYAL HONG KONG FOLICE

DEPARTMENT, AND DEPARTMENT, CUSTOMS

EXCISE SERVICE AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES MMIGRATION SERVICE.

BASIS FOR DETERMINING PAY IT WAS ALSO ASKED TO CONSIDER THE

THE MACHINERY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE FOR THE DISCIPLINED SERVICES, FOR THIS PURPOSE, AND APPROPRIATE LEVELS OF REMUNERATION FOR RELATION TO THE REST OF THE CIVIL SERVICE.

THEM IN

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