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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1990

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USH DI "CTOR MEETS STAFF UNIONS

THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR JAMES SO, THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FEDERATION OF THE USD STAFF UNIONS FOR A FRIENDLY AND FRANK EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON MATTERS RELATING TO THE PAY CONDITIONS OF VARIOUS GRADES OF STAFF WORKING IN THE DEPARTMENT.

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URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S OFFICES, LASTED

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THE MEETING, HELD AT HEADQUARTERS AT QUEENSWAY GOVERNMENT TWO-AND-A-HALF HOURS.

DURING THE MEETING, MATTERS RELATING TO THE WORKING CONDITIONS, WORKING HOURS AND PAY FOR A NUMBER OF THE DEPARTMENTAL GRADES INCLUDING THE CLEANSING WORKMEN AS WELL AS THE SPECIAL ALLOWANCE AND REVISED STRUCTURE FOR THE GENERAL DUTIES TEAMS (GDTS) WERE ALSO DISCUSSED.

SPEAKING AT A PRESS BRIEFING AFTER THE HAVE ASSURED UNION REPRESENTATIVES THAT THE APPOINTED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO LOOK INTO SUBMITTED A REPORT TO THE CHIEF SECRETARY.

MEETING, MR SO SAID: "I SPECICAL WORKING GROUP THE GDTS HAS ALREADY

"IT IS HOPED THAT THE GOVERNMENT SECRETRIAT WOULD HAVE A DECISION ON THE VARIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN THE REPORT WITHIN A MONTH OR SO, TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT TO SUBMIT A CASE ΤΟ THE STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICES TO IMPROVE THE STRUCTURE AND THE WORKING CONDITIONS OF THE GDTS AND TO STREAMLINE THEIR OPERATIONS WITH A VIEW TO FURTHER IMPROVING THEIR EFFICIENCY."

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THE SPECIAL WORKING GROUP WAS CHAIRED BY THE THEN SECRETARY FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI.

MR SO SAID THAT THE MEETING ALSO TOUCHED UPON MATTERS RELATING TO THE WORKING CONDITIONS AND WORKING HOURS OF VARIOUS SUPERVISORY GRADES IN THE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE ISSUE OF OVERTIME PAY.

"I THINK THAT THE UNION FULLY UNDERSTANDS THE POSITION OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT WELL APPRECIATES THE CONCERN OF THE UNION.

"AT THE END OF THE DISCUSSION, THE UNION AGREED TO DISCUSS THE VARIOUS ISSUES FURTHER WITH THEIR MEMBERS BEFORE GIVING THE DEPARTMENT

REPLY BEFORE NEXT MONDAY, MR SO ADDED.

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