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THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1990

OVERSEAS HAD

RATHER

NEGATIVE

AND

SOME PEOPLE NOTING THAT

HONG KONG FOLLOWING THE LOP-SIDED PERCEPTION OF

TIANANMEN SQUARE CHINA, IN INCIDENT

MRS FAN

THE SAID THAT

AND ADMINISTRATION

MAKE A QUASI-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS WITH OVERSEAS OFFICES SHOULD CONCERTED EFFORT IN PROMOTING THE IMAGE OF HONG KONG.

FI

THE

'I SUGGEST THAT THE ADMINISTRATION SHOULD CONSIDER SERIOUSLY

GETTING AIMED AT THE POSSIBILITY OF A SUBTLE CAMPAIGN

MESSAGE INTERNATIONAL 'HONG KONG IS THE PLACE TO BE IN IN ASIA' ACROSS TO AN AUDIENCE," SHE SAID.

CIVIL TURNING TO THE GROWTH IN

SERVICE, MRS FAN SAID THAT NECESSARY ΤΟ WHILE THE CREATION OF NEW POSTS WAS UNAVOIDABLE, IT WAS

LONGER APPROPRIATE EXAMINE WHICH OF THE EXISTING SERVICES WAS NO OUR PRESENT REQUIREMENTS.

ΤΟ

SHE SAID THAT HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO

AND WORK. DOWN ON UNNECESSARY SERVICES

IN RETURN,

INCENTIVE FOR BETTER SHOULD BE AWARDED

USE OF

FOR RESOURCES,

EXAMPLE, FUNDS TO HAVE ALLOWING THE DEPARTMENT'S REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL HIGHER PRIORITY RATING.

CUT

SOME

BY

A

COMMITTEES ON PAY INCREASES SHOULD BE MERGED

MERGER

THE HON CHENG HON-KWAN, TODAY (THURSDAY) CALLED FOR THE OF THE TWO COMMITTEES RESPONSIBLE FOR RECOMMENDING CIVIL SERVANTS' PAY INCREASE.

HE SAID THE MERGER OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON DIRECTORATE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE AND THE STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, WOULD ENSURE A UNIFIED ADJUSTMENT AND IN TURN, HELP PROJECT AN IMAGE OF FAIRNESS AND

IMPARTIALITY.

SPEAKING IN THE BUDGET. DEBATE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR CHENG SAID THE MERGER WOULD ALSO HELP CLEAR UP MISCONCEPTIONS BY THE LOWER GRADE CIVIL SERVANTS THAT THEY HAD RECEIVED UNFAIR TREATMENT IN TERMS OF PAY RISE, WHICH WOULD HELP BOOST CIVIL SERVICE MORALE.

"WHAT HONG KONG NEEDS MOST TO BOOST STABILITY AT THIS POINT IN TIME IS PERHAPS UNITY AND I URGE THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE THE LEAD ΤΟ INTRODUCE MEASURES WHEN AWARDING PAY RISE WHICH WILL BRING ABOUT A UNIFIED CIVIL SERVICE," HE SAID.

ON EDUCATION, MR CHENG SAID WHILE IT WAS PLEASING TO NOTE THE GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO EXPAND IN THE AREA OF TERTIARY EDUCATION IN THE YEARS AHEAD, MUCH COULD BE ACHIEVED AT THE PRESENT STAGE BY EXPANDING THE EXISTING RESOURCES OF THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS.

/"THE GOVERNMENT