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FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1989

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PAY TREND SURVEY COMMITTEE MEETS

THE PAY TREND SURVEY COMMITTEE MET TODAY (FRIDAY) то CONSIDER THE FINDINGS OF THE 1988-89 PAY TREND SURVEY.

THE MEETING WAS CHAIRED BY MR ANDREW K.W. 80 OF THE STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE.

THE SURVEY, WHICH WAS CARRIED OUT BY THE PAY SURVEY AND RESEARCH UNIT, MEASURED PAY TRENDS IN A SELECTED GROUP OF 53 COMPANIES DURING THE YEAR FEBRUARY 1, 1988 TO JANUARY 31, 1989.

BUT UNLIKE PREVIOUS YEARS' SURVEYS,

WHICH TOOK INTO ACCOUNT INCREASES RELATING TO COST OF LIVING, COMPANY PERFORMANCE, AND GENERAL CHANGES IN MARKET RATES ONLY, THE 1988-89 PAY TREND SURVEY TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE AFOREMENTIONED FACTORS AS INCREMENT AND MERIT.

THE COMMITTEE ACCEPTED THE FINDINGS OF INDICATED THAT THE FOLLOWING AVERAGE PAY INCREASES THE SURVEYED COMPANIES:

16.04 PER CENT

WELL AS INSCALE

THE SURVEY WHICH WERE AWARDED BY

16.07 PER CENT

FOR EMPLOYEES EARNING LESS THAN $6,700 PER MONTH;

14.60 PER CENT

FOR EMPLOYEES EARNING BETWEEN $5,700 AND $17,999 PER MONTH; AND

FOR EMPLOYEES EARNING BETWEEN AND $35,890 PER MONTH.

$18,000

EMPHASISED THAT THESE

FIGURES

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE COMMITTEE ARE ONLY THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY OF PAY TREND IN THE PRIVATE COMPANIES.

PAY ADJUSTMENT IN THE CIVIL SERVICE, IF ANY. 13 MATTER AND WILL BE DECIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN DUE CONSULTATION WITH THE THREE STAFF CONSULTATIVE COUNCILS.

A SEPARATE

COURSE IN

STANDING

OF

THE COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, STANDING COMMITTEE ON DISCIPLINED SERVICES SALARIES AND CONDITIONS SERVICE, THE ADMINISTRATION, THE POLICE FORCE COUNCIL, AND THE STAFF SIDES OF THE SENIOR CIVIL SERVICE COUNCIL AND THE MODEL SCALE 1 STAFF CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL.

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