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TO PRIORITY F.C.0 TELNO.1196 OF 13 OCTOBER 78 INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT STAFF RELATIONS.

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1. YOU WILL RECALL FROM OUR QUARTERLY REPORTS THAT ON 10 AUGUST 77,

FINANCE COMMITTEE APPROVED A NEW SIMPLIFIED STRUCTURE WITH IMPROVE

PAY SCALES AND CAREER PROSPECTS FOR THE PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT GRAIS IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

2. AS A RESULT OF DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN MANAGEMENT AND STAFF

ASSOCIATIONS ABOUT THE NEW PAY SCALES, SOME OF THE 1,000 STRONG.

ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT ARCHITECTURAL, CARTOGRAPHIC, ENGINEERING

AND SURVEYING TECHNICIANS, (AGACEST), CHIEFLY IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, STAGED A WORK-TO-RULE BETWEEN 12 TO 28 SEPTEMBER 1977 IN SUPPORT OF THEIR CLAIM FOR ENHANCED PAY.

3. AN INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE OF ENQUIRY WAS SUBSEQUENTLY APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR TO ENQUIRE INTO THE FACTS OF THE DISPUTE, THE NEW STRUCTURE AND PAY RATES, AND TO PROFFER INDEPENDENT ADVICE ON THEIR FAIRNESS OR OTHERWISE, AND TO RECOMMEND TO THE GOVERNMENT WHETHER ANY AMENDMENTS WERE NECESSARY, THE ENQUIRY FOUND THAT THE NEW PAY RATES WERE

BROADLY FAIR.

4. IN APRIL 1978, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF AGACEST CHALLENGED

THE FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE COMMITTEE OF ENQUIRY AND

ASKED THAT:

(^) THE APPROVED PAY SCALES FOR THEIR GRADE STRUCTURE BE

(B) (C)

REVISED:

PROMOTION PROSPECTS BE ENHANCED:

A POST-ALLOWANCE, GRANTED TO MEMBERS OF ANOTHER ASSOCIATION

(AGLESO) BECAUSE OF THEIR ONEROUS RESPONSIBILITY, BE SIMILARLY GRANTED TO: THEIR MEMBERS.

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