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FM HONG KONG 030141Z NOV 78
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1263 OF 03 NOVEMBER
INFO HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON.
HKK 234/1
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51,
- 7 NOV 1978
DESK OFFICER
INDEX
SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT STAFF RELATIONS.
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Action Ten
1. FURTHER TO MY TELNO 1193 OF 12 OCTOBER, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
ARE AS FOLLOWS.
2. ALL ASSISTANT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICERS (ASWO) AND WELFARE
ASSISTANTS (WA) WHO STARTED A SIT-IN ON 9 OCTOBER HAVE BEEN BACK TO NORMAL WORK SINCE 11 AND 12 OCTOBER RESPECTIVELY.
3.
SEPARATE DISCUSSION SESSIONS WERE HELD WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF INDIVIDUAL GRADES, WHILE EXPLANATORY LETTERS SETTING CUTV IMPLICATIONS OF THE RESTRUCTURING HAVE BEEN ISSUED TO ALL OFFICERS
OF THE WELFARE CLASS.
RITTEN
4. THE ASSOCIATION OF ASWO'S HAS NOW WRITTEN BACK REQUESTING
FURTHER CLARIFICATION ON ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS, PAY AND PROMOTION
PROSPECTS. DISCUSSIONS WILL BE HELD SHORTLY WITH THE ASSOCIATION
ON THESE POINTS.
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5. AS A RESULT OF A RE-EXAMINATION OF THE DUTIES OF THE WA'S
BY A JOINT WORKING PARTY, GOVERNMENT WAS ABLE TO OFFER ONE ADDITIONAL POINT ON THE STARTING PAY, BUT NOT ON THE MAXIMUM.
THIS DID NOT APPEAR TO SATISFY THE WA'S WHO RESERVED THEIR COMMENTS
UNTIL WE RE-CONVENE TO DISCUSS THE WORKING PARTY'S REPORT IN THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER.
6.
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE WELFARE SUPERVISOR GRADE (ESTABLISHMENT 82) WHOSE MEMBERS WORK IN INSTITUTIONS (E.G. BOYS AND GRILS HOMES) RUN BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT APPEARED TO BE SATISFIED WITH THE RESTRUCTURING PROPOSALS WHEN THESE WERE EXPLAINED
TO THEM IN DETAIL ON 13 OCTOBER. HOWEVER THEY LATER STAGED A PRESS CONFERENCE ON 30 OCTOBER TO DEMAND AUTOMATIC REGRADING TO A SENIOR RANK IN THE NEW STRUCTURE. THEY ALSO MADE DEMANDS FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN RESPECT OF THEIR CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, THREATENING
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