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WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1989

ACTING

SECRETARY

DISTRICT TODAY

FOR COUNCIL

THIS WAS STATED BY THE ADMINISTRATION, THE HON ADOLF HSU, IN THE LEGISLATIVE

WEDNESDAY) IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON CHEUNG YAN-LUNG.

CONCERNING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ENTRY REQUIREMENTS AND STARTING SALARY OF LIAISON STAFF IN THE URBAN AND NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICTS. MR HSU SAID THAT LIAISON DUTIES IN THE URBAN AREAS WERE UNDERTAKEN BY EXECUTIVE OFFICERS WHO BELONGED TO A GENERAL GRADE, ENTRY TO WHICH REQUIRED A UNIVERSITY DEGREE.

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'THEIR ENTRY QUALIFICATION IS SET HAVING RANGE OF DUTIES OF THE GRADE OF WHICH LIAISON WORK NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION IS ONLY A PART.

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"LIAISON OFFICERS ON THE OTHER HAND ARE A DEPARTMENTAL GRADE OF THE CNTA AND ARE EMPLOYED EXCLUSIVELY ON LIAISON WORK IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. THEIR ENTRY QUALIFICATION IS MATRICULATION.

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"THE STARTING SALARY FOR THESE TWO GRADES IS IN LINE WITH BENCHMARK FOR DEGREE AND MATRICULATION GRADES RESPECTIVELY," MR HSU SAID.

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MR HSU ALSO SAID THAT SINCE THE MERGER OF THE PORMER HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT AND THE FORMER NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION IN 1981, ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE SITUATION WHEREBY DIFFERENT GRADES WERE REQUIRED TO UNDERTAKE SIMILAR DUTIES IN SAME DEPARTMENT BY MERGING THE LIAISON OFFICER GRADE INTO EXECUTIVE OFFICER GRADE.

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"HOWEVER, DESPITE CONSIDERABLE EFFORTS BY THE ADMINISTRATION, THE ASSOCIATION OF LIAISON OFFICERS (ALO) AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE GRADE ASSOCIATION (HKGEGA) COULD NOT COME ΤΟ TERMS ON THE PROPOSED ARRANGEMENTS FOR DETERMINING THE SENIORITY OF LIAISON OFFICERS UPON REGRADING TO THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER GRADE, HE SAID.

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"BOTH ASSOCIATIONS WERE THEREFORE OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSED MERGER. IN VIEW OF THEIR OPPOSITION THE PROPOSAL WAS ABANDONED IN 1987.

"RECENTLY THE ALO HAS WITHDRAWN ITS OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED MERGER AND HAS ASKED THAT IT BE PUT INTO EFFECT.

"THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH IS NOW SEEING IF A WAY CAN BE FOUND TO EFFECT THE MERGER IN A MANNER ACCEPTABLE TO BOTH GRADES.

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