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The Hong Kong Government is aware of

(a)

(ii)

the

staff's

appropriate

constraints of

concern

measures,

and

is taking within

the

limited financial

financial resources, to improve the situation.

Pay parity

You may say this is a matter for the Hong Kong Government.

The Hong Kong Government recently decided to accept the recommendations of the Standing Committee on the pay

pay for the rank-and-file of the disciplined services which were made after a careful and thorough examination of the duties of the rank-and-file.

The additional increases recommended for Junior Police Officers do not in anyway detract from the important role played by the staff of the other disciplined services in maintaining the stability and security of Hong Kong.

The Standing committee will submit its advice on the pay for the Officer ranks towards the end of the year.

The Committee's advice will be considered by the Hong Kong Government as а matter of priority.

the meantime, staff associations will need to be patient.

In

Consultative machinery within the Police Force

It is

Staff's concerns are appreciated. understood that the Commissioner of Police is conducting a review of the consultative machinery in the Police Force and that the question of whether the Police should have recourse to a Committee of Inquiry is being addressed by the Administration in the context of an overall review of the consultative machinery in the Civil Service. Staff are advised to be patient and wait for the outcome of these reviews.

Please let me know if you require any further

information.

Yours sincerely,

(P.S.W. Leung )

for Secretary for the Civil Service