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THE SPOKESMAN ALSO SAID THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE COMMISSION HAVE NOW BEEN APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AFTER TAK: INTO ACCOUNT A NUMBER OF CONSTRUCTIVE SUGGESTIONS MADE BY THE STAFF SIE

OF THE SENIOR CIVIL SERVICE COUNCIL, VARIOUS INDIVIDUAL GRADE

ASSOCIATIONS AND HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS. THE FINAL TERMS OF REFEREN

ARE ATTACHED.

TO ASSIST THE COMMISSION IN CARRYING OUT ITS WORK, THE CHAIRMAN

HAS BEEN EMPOWERED TO CO-OPT ADDITIONAL PERSON TO SERVE ON

SUB-COMMITTEES. THIS WILL ENABLE THE COMMISSION TO OBTAIN THE

HELP OF EXPERTS IN PARTICULAR AREAS OF ITS WORK.

COMMENTING ON THE APPOINTMENT OF THE COMMISSION, MR ROWLANDS

STATED: ''THE COMMISSION IS EXPECTED TO START WORK VERY SHORTLY,

AND ALL OUTSTANDING NEGOTIATIONS ON PAY AND STRUCTURE MATTERS

WILL BE REFERRED TO THE COMMISSION FOR ADVICE.'' UNQUOTE

2. THE MEMBERS ARE TWO LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS (S.L.CHEN AND FATHER MCGOVERN), AN URBAN COUNCILLOR (MRS GRACE HO) AND FIVE OTHERS (MR GORDON M.MACWHINNIE, MR GALLANT Y.T, HO,

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MR JOHN L. SOONG, MR F.L. WALKER AND MRS MAISIE WONG).

COMMISSION WILL BE STARTING WORK IN EARLY FEBRUARY AND I WILL

KEEP YOU INFORMED OF DEVELOPMENTS.

MACLEHOSE

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