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THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1991

MR

REVIEW, EXTERNAL REQUIREMENTS, CONDITIONS,

WIGGHAM

SAID

THE

ENTRY WORKING

20-MONTH LONG DURING THE COURSE OF THE STANDING COMMISSION TOOK INTO ACCOUNT INTERNAL AND

RELATIVITIES, PRIVATE PAY

SECTOR PRACTICE, DUTIES AND EXTRA

ONEROUS RESPONSIBILITIES, AND RETENTION DIFFICULTIES AND THE RECRUITMENT PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES IN DETERMINING THE SALARY STRUCTURE OF SERVICE GRADE AS CONTAINED IN ITS FIRST REPORT.

AGREED

CIVIL

ΤΟ

AT

ITS

THE COMMISSION ALSO GAVE CAREFUL AND DETAILED CONSIDERATION THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY STAFF AND MANAGEMENT BEFORE ARRIVING RECOMMENDATIONS.

WHERE APPROPRIATE, THE COMMISSION HAD MEETINGS WITH THE AND DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT.

STAFF

WIGGHAM REPORT

DESCRIBING THE REVIEW AS THOROUGH AND OBJECTIVE, MR CALLED ON CIVIL SERVANTS TO RECEIVE THE STANDING COMMISSION'S IN A POSITIVE LIGHT, EVEN IF THEIR INDIVIDUAL ASPIRATIONS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN FULLY MET IN EVERY CASE.

THE "GIVEN

SCOPE AND THOROUGHNESS

OF

THE

STANDING

10-

COMMISSION'S REVIEW, AND THE FACT THAT IT COVERED CHANGES OVER A

OF THE YEAR PERIOD, IT IS NOT EXPECTED THAT ANOTHER OVERALL REVIEW

TIME SALARY STRUCTURE IN THE CIVIL SERVICE WILL BE NECESSARY FOR SOME TO COME," HE ADDED.

PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN OCTOBER 1990

* 掌

THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED BY TWO PER CENT, WHILE THAT OF RE-EXPORTS GREW BY 13 PER CENT IN THE FIRST 10 MONTHS OF 1990 AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE STATISTICS INCREASE OF SEVEN IMPORTS INCREASED BY

THE GROWTH

GROWTH IN TRADE VALUES,

ALSO SHOWED THAT THERE WAS AN OVERALL PER CENT IN THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS WHILE EIGHT PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.

IN THE VOLUME OF TRADE WAS DERIVED FROM THE HAVING DISCOUNTED THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES.

AS FOR PRICE CHANGES OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY ONE PER CENT AND THREE PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THOSE OF IMPORTS ROSE BY TWO PER CENT. AS A RESULT, THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX (EXPRESSED AS A RATIO OF TOTAL EXPORT PRICE INDEX TO IMPORT PRICE INDEX) INCREASED BY ONE CENT.

PER

/PRICES WERE