It is proposed that the Commission should have a chairman
and about four to six members, all part-time. All would be normally
resident in Hong Kong. None would be civil servants.
A Government spokesman said: "we are anxious to get the
Standing Commission working just as soon as possible". The
Commission's staff are now being assembled and the target date
for the Commission to start work is February, but much will depend
on the speed with which consultations with Staff Associations can
be completed.
The spokesman said any new pay claims made by individual
grades, together with existing claims which have not already been
processed to an advanced stage would be put to the Commission in
due course. "One of the main aims of establishing the Commission
is to substitute a systematic, regular review for the present ad
hoc approach. At an appropriate time, the Commission will announce
the arrangements for staff wishing to make representations to the
Commission".
The spokesman described the setting up of the Commission
as a milestone in the development of staff relations within the
Civil Service.
"For the first time a permanent, unofficial body will
ensure that the salary and structure of individual grades is
reviewed regularly and systematically", he said.
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