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WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1992

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GOVERNOR VISITS ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

THE GOVERNOR, LORD WILSON, WAS BRIEFED THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON ON HOW GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WERE CHARGED BY THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVCIES DEPARTMENT (EMSD) UNDER A COMMERCIALISATION SCHEME TO PROMOTE GREATER EFFICIENCY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THEIR VEHICLES,

NEW

AND

LORD WILSON, ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF ELECTRICAL MECHANICAL SERVICES, MR MIAO CHI, VISITED THE DEPARTMENT'S VEHICLE WORKSHOPS IN HAPPY VALLEY.

HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE "OPERATING SERVICES ACCOUNT" INTRODUCED BY THE DEPARTMENT AT ITS VEHICLE WORKSHOPS LAST MONTH.

PREVIOUSLY, THE DEPARTMENT HAD THE RESPONSIBILITY, AND PROVIDED THE NECESSARY FUNDS, FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF ALL GOVERNMENT VEHICLES.

UNDER THE NEW SCHEME, DEPARTMENTS HAVE TO PAY EMSD COMMERCIAL RATES FOR VEHICLE REPAIRS FROM THEIR OWN BUDGETS.

BENEFIT FROM THE

"THE IDEA IS TO MAKE EMSD MORE EFFICIENT BY PLACING ITS OPERATION ON A COMMERCIAL BASIS. DEPARTMENTS WILL IMPROVED SERVICE," LORD WILSON SAID.

SERVICES ACCOUNT

THE DEPARTMENT PLANS TO EXTEND THE OPERATING TO ITS OTHER SECTIONS SUCH AS ITS AIR-CONDITIONING *AND ELECTRICAL WORKSHOPS NEXT YEAR.

1991/92 PAY TREND SURVEY

THE PAY TREND SURVEY COMMITTEE MET TODAY (WEDNESDAY) ΤΟ CONSIDER THE FINDINGS OF THE 1991/92 PAY TREND SURVEY.

THE MEETING WAS CHAIRED BY MR ANDREW K.W. SO, A MEMBER OF THE STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE.

THE SURVEY, WHICH WAS CONDUCTED BY THE PAY SURVEY AND RESEARCH UNIT,

MEASURED PAY TRENDS IN A SELECTED GROUP OF 65 COMPANIES DURING THE PERIOD APRIL 2, 1991 TO APRIL 1, 1992.

IT TOOK INTO ACCOUNT INCREASES RELATING TO COST OF LIVING, GENERAL CHANGES IN MARKET RATES, COMPANY PERFORMANCE, MERIT AND INSCALE INCREMENT.

THE COMMITTEE ACCEPTED THE FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY WHICH INDICATED THAT THE FOLLOWING AVERAGE PAY INCREASES WERE AWARDED BY THE SURVEYED COMPANIES :

/11.81% FOR

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