TNAG-0235-FCO40-271-Petition-on-equal-pay-for-women-from-Chinese-Civil-Servants--1970 — Page 22

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Registry No.

HKK 5/36-4/70

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Top Secret.

Secret.

Confidential,

Restricted.

Unclassified,

PRIVACY MARKING

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Mr. Wilford. Mr. Godden,

to Her Majesty the Quran

From

Telephone No. & Ext.

Department

Petition from the Hong Kong Chinese Civil Servants' Association on the subjid" of aqual Pay for women.

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(EFA) "The Governor has forwarded a petition to the Quion from the Hong Kong Chinese Curl Servants Association or the subject of equal hay for employees of the Hong Kong Government, Samins, the Governor advises that this petition is ill-timed as the extremely complex matters with which it deals are eiter still under consideration or are the subped of consultation with the staff Associations. A drift is attached which it is submitted may be sent to the Governor to enable him to reply to the petition Argund

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The Hong Kong Government accepted in princible some years ago that, in so far as the Public Service is concerned, where men and" "Toomen

and boreman doing identical work, or similar work of intually equal value, both should be paid the same salary and that this Popistude should be realised in accordance with a phased his gramme extending ones a reasonable period of time which should not exceed tou years. white After detailed exammation

all grades in which I have biol womu Serving in The Public Service, the Execution Council's approval, was obtained in 1968 for

196.9 for a shame for achieving equal pay for women in annual stages glasting in Afiel 1969 and completing in spril 1975 to be discussed wilt the Stiff Associations. This Scheme was accepted by the staff Associations in October 1969 and women officers serous in the grades mickaded in the scheme received thes mikal payments under the first stage oth

November together wiht arrears due

Scheme in

from 1 April 1969.

Further examination of the deferred grades is now proceeding and proposals in respect of teachers are to be put to the stiff associations in the fairly mar future.

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