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WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1990

HE ADDED THAT THE POINT MIGHT HAVE BEEN REACHED WHERE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH

THE OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT NEEDED TO BE RESTRUCTURED, SO THAT THE BRANCH MIGHT BECOME EVEN MORE EFFECTIVE IN ACHIEVING ITS OVERALL OBJECTIVES AND BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO DEMANDS.

ON CIVIL SERVICE PAY POLICY, MR WIGGHAM SAID THE ANNUAL SERVICE PAY ADJUSTMENT WAS NORMALLY BASED ON A SURVEY OF PAY IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

CIVIL TRENDS

THIS GAVE RISE TO A PERCEPTION PROBLEM. SINCE INEVITABLY A AWARD WAS MADE IN THE PERIOD FOLLOWING THE SURVEY PERIOD, THE LAG COULD LEAD TO MISUNDERSTANDING.

PAY

TIME

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"THIS PROBLEM OF PERCEPTION, WHERE THE GOVERNMENT'S 'CATCHING-UP' IS MISTAKEN AS 'TREND SETTING" IS DIFFICULT OVERCOME, BUT WE ARE CURRENTLY GIVING THOUGHT AS TO WHETHER ANY CHANGE IS WARRANTED," HE SAID.

STATEMENT ON HK-GUANGDONG ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

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THE FOLLOWING IS A PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE HONG KONG-GUANGDONG ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LIAISON GROUP AT THE END OF ITS TWO-DAY MEETING:

ON THE PROTECTION

PLANNING,

GUANGDONG

FOLLOWING YESTERDAY'S SIGNING OF THE MEMORANDUM ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HONG KONG-GUANGDONG ENVIRONMENTAL LIAISON GROUP, BY MR GRAHAM BARNES (SECRETARY FOR ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS), AND MR QIANG BINGHUAN, DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BUREAU, THE LIAISON GROUP CONVENED FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING. TWO ISSUES WERE DISCUSSED ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN DEEP BAY AND ITS CATCHMENT AREA, AND THE LOCATION OF THE OCEANIC OUTFALL FOR THE SEWAGE STRATEGY.

ON DEEP BAY, HAVING REVIEWED PRESENT AND PROPOSED FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA, IT WAS AGREED THAT A JOINT WORKING GROUP OF EXPERTS SHOULD BE SET UP TO CONSIDER COMMON STANDARDS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OF DEEP BAY'S ECOSYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA AND THE BENEFICIAL USES WHICH COULD BE SUSTAINED. THE HONG KONG SIDE WOULD BE LED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND INCLUDE STAFF FROM AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT. THE GUANGDONG SIDE WOULD INCLUDE STAFF IN CHARGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, PLANNING, AS WELL AS THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT AND THE OCEANIC ADMINISTRATION. THE WORKING GROUP WOULD HAVE ITS FIRST MEETING IN AUGUST AND WOULD REPORT BACK ΤΟ THE LIAISON GROUP AT ITS NEXT MEETING IN EARLY 1991 IN GUANGZHOU,

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