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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1991

ΤΟ

THE SECRETARY NOTED THAT MEANWHILE THE GOVERNMENT CONTINUED

AND PUBLICITY PROGRAMME PURSUE A COMPREHENSIVE PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AGAINST DRUG ABUSE.

ADOPTED ON THE CURRENT

STRATEGY PUBLICITY "ONE OF THE TWO THEMES FOR THE THE ADVICE OF THE ACTION COMMITTER AGAINST NARCOTICS FOR YEAR IS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO ADOPT A HEALTHY LIFE-STYLE AND SAY 'NO' TO ALL DRUGS.

"THIS IS IN LINE

WITH

INTERNATIONALLY

AGREED

GUIDELINES

ΤΟ PROMOTE A HEALTHY DRUG-FREE LIFE-STYLE AS A PRIMARY GOAL'," HE SAID.

"THE COMMUNITY, IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE, ARE BEING DANGEROUS DRUGS, OF THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF 'ICE' AND OTHER

HE ADDED. CONSEQUENCES OF MESUSING OR ABUSING DRUGS,

INFORMED

AND THE

STAFF IN OBSOLETE RANKS WILL BE GIVEN OPTION

* * * * *

OUT

THE OBSOLETE RANKS AND PAY IN THE INTEREST OF PHASING

IS PREPARED то GIVE SCALES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, THE ADMINISTRATION

TO THE APPROPRIATE THE STAFF CONCERNED A FURTHER OPTION TO TRANSFER CURRENT RANKS.

HON GRAHAM BARNES, INFORMED IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO

THE ACTING CHIEF SECRETARY, THE THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY} A QUESTION FROM THE HON TAM Y11-CHUNG,

WERK IN

PRESENT, A TOTAL

OBSOLESCENT

OF 620 NON-DIRECTORATE

AND RANKS

MR BARNES SAID AT SERVANTS

CIVIL SALARIES.

HOLDING PERSONAL

*

ABOUT 1 150 STAFF WERE REPORTED TO BE IN THE SURVENTED SECTOR, HE SAID:

TN

CORRESPONDING

RANKS

THE

TERM GENERIC SCALES WHICH HAD OR THE

EXPLAINED THAT THE ACTING CHIEF SECRETARY 'OBSOLESCENT RẲNKS" REFERRED TO BOTH RANKS AND PAY BERN MADE OBSOLFTE AS A RESULT OF A REVISION OF PAY SCALES, RE-STRUCTURING, MERGER OR ABOLITION OF GRADES.

OFFICERS TO ACCOMMODATE EX1ST "THESE 'RANKS' ONLY SERVED IN THESE RANKS BEFORE THEY WERE DECLARED OBSOLETE AND CHOSEN TO REMAIN THEREIN ON A PERSONAL BASIS.

WHO

HAD

WHO

HAVE

"AS AN ESTABLISHED

PRACTICE,

PAY OBSOLETE

SCALES

NOT ARE IN LINE WITH THE

SUBJECT TO ANY STRUCTURAL REVIEW BUT ARE ADJUSTED ANNUAL CIVIL SERVICE PAY REVISION.

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'HENCE, THEY WERE NOT COVERED REVIEW, HE SAID.

IN THE 1989 SALARY STRUCTURE

/MR BARNES