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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1990

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EXCO ACCEPTS REVISED DIRECTORATE, LEGAL DIRECTORATE PAY SCALES

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AND

THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS ACCEPTED THE REVISED DIRECTORATE LEGAL DIRECTORATE PAY SCALES RECOMMENDED IN THE 10TH REPORT OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON DIRECTORATE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (TUESDAY),

YEAR, RECOMMENDED REVISED

THE REPORT, PUBLISHED IN JUNE LAST PAY SCALES AND VARIOUS STRUCTURAL CHANGES TO CATCH UP WITH INCREASES IN THE REMUNERATION OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR SINCE THE NINTH REVIEW IN 1985.

"THEY ARE ALSO DESIGNED TO RECOGNISE THE INCREASINGLY COMPLEX RESPONSIBILITIES CARRIED AT DIRECTORATE LEVEL AS A RESULT OF THE UNPRECEDENTED SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CHANGES IN HONG KONG SINCE 1985, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

HE SAID THE REVISED PAY SCALES PROVIDED FOR FROM FOUR PER CENT TO 11 PER CENT FOR ABOUT OFFICERS.

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INCREASES RANGING 1,000 DIRECTORATE

"THE MAJORITY OF DIRECTORATE OFFICERS WILL RECEIVE AN INCREASE OF BETWEEN FOUR PER CENT AND SEVEN PER CENT.'

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THE REVISED PAY SCALES AND STRUCTURAL CHANGES ARE:

(A) TWO 3 PER CENT INCREMENTS ΤΟ BE AWARDED AFTER TWO AND FIVE YEARS' SERVICE RESPECTIVELY IN RANKS ON THE BOTTOM THREE POINTS OF THE SCALES;

(B) ONE 3 PER CENT INCREMENT TO BE

AWARDED AFTER TWO YEARS'

SERVICE IN RANKS ON THE FOURTH POINT OF THE SCALES;

(C) THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW POINT SO AS ΤΟ RANK HEADS OF

GROUP III DEPARTMENTS ABOVE ALL DEPUTY HEADS;

(D) THE INTRODUCTION OF A SECOND NEW POINT SO AS TO RANK HEADS

OF SECRETARIAT BRANCHES ABOVE HEADS

DEPARTMENTS; AND

OF

GROUP

I

(E) A WIDER GAP IN SALARY BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE MASTER PAY

SCALE AND THE BOTTOM OF THE DIRECTORATE PAY SCALES.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE TWO NEW POINTS ON THE DIRECTORATE SCALE WERE INTENDED TO ALLOW CLEAR DISTINCTIONS IN PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BETWEEN BRANCH SECRETARIES, HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS, AND DEPUTY HEADS TO BE REFLECTED IN SALARIES.

"THE PROPOSALS FOR INCREMENTS ARE DESIGNED то GIVE SOME RECOGNITION TO EXPERIENCED DIRECTORATE OFFICERS WHO HAVE REMAINED IN ONE RANK FOR SOME YEARS, HE SAID.

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/THE SPOKESMAN