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TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1989

"PAY INCREASES RELATING TO INTERNAL AND

EXTERNAL

RELATIVITIES

AND PROMOTION AND TRANSFER IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE CALCULATION OF PAY TREND INDICATORS.

"THE PRESENT PRACTICE OF APPLYING INDUSTRIAL WEIGHTINGS TO TREND INDICATORS SHOULD BE DISCONTINUED," HE ADDED.

PAY

FIRST CONVENED

TAKEN SENIOR I STAFF

THE COMMITTEE HAS MET ON 26 OCCASIONS SINCE IT IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR. IT HAS CONSIDERED WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS AND

SIDES ORAL EVIDENCE FROM BOTH THE OFFICIAL AND STAFF

OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COUNCIL, AND THE STAFF SIDE OF THE MODEL SCALE CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL.

THE

SECRETARY-GENERAL

UNIT AND HAY

OF THE OF AND CONDITIONS

UNIT, A PAST MANAGEMENT

"WE ALSO HELD DISCUSSIONS WITH STANDING COMMISSION OF CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES SERVICE, THE CONTROLLER OF THE PAY SURVEY AND RESEARCH CONTROLLER OF THE FORMER PAY INVESTIGATION CONSULTANTS, HE SAID.

MR

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POINTED OUT BURRETT

THAT RESPONSE ΤΟ THE COMMITTEE'S ASSOCIATIONS, INTERIM REPORT AND SUBMISSIONS FROM CIVIL SERVICE STAFF

HAD ORGANISATIONS INDIVIDUAL CIVIL SERVANTS AND NON-GOVERNMENT CONSIDERED IN PREPARING THE FINAL REPORT.

BEEN

BARRETT, AND PART IN

THE TWO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, MR BRIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MR PETER POON WING-CHEUNG, ALSO TOOK TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE.

CHIEF SECRETARY VISITS JUNK BAY

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JUNK BAY NEW TOWN ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF KWUN TONG WILL EVENTUALLY BE THE HOME OF ABOUT 440,000 PEOPLE UPON FULL DEVELOPMENT.

THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, WHO TOOK TIME OFF ΤΟ SEE FOR HIMSELF PROGRESS DEVELOPMENT IN JUNK BAY, SPENT OVER TWO HOURS THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON VISITING VARIOUS PROJECTS.

SIR DAVID WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT'S DIRECTOR, MR KWOK WAI-KAI, AND PROJECT MANAGER (NEW TERRITORIES/SOUTH), MR CHOW CHE-KING.

AT A VANTAGE POINT IN SIU CHIK SHA, SIR DAVID WAS BRIEFED ON THE NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT AND ON THE PROPOSED THIRD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE BY MR CHOW.

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