Hong Kong Civil Service

9 Mar 2012

West Kowloon Arts Hub inquiry sure to open a can of worms

We wait to see how far legislators will go in their investigation into the vagaries of the contest for the design of the...

9:40AM

Civil servant pay could be cut following survey

21 Feb 2012

Civil servants could be facing a pay cut following a salary survey.

Secretary for the Civil Service Denise Yue Chung-yee told the Legislative Council's public service panel she...

7:58AM

Santa Claus is calling early for our poor civil servants

19 Jun 2011

... the Chief Executive in Council decided that, with retrospective effect from April 1, 2011, civil service pay should be increased by 7.24% for civil servants in the directorate and upper salary...

12:47PM

Pay rises for disciplined services, civil servants clear Legco hurdle

5 Dec 2009

Legislators have approved funding of more than HK$800 million for pay rises to disciplined services officers and top civil servants, an issue that caused unrest among the disciplined services when...

6:27AM

Civil servants may receive pay cut, rise at same time

7 Nov 2009

Thousands of civil servants could see their salary cut and raised at about the same time if recommendations under two pay-adjustment mechanisms both get cleared by the Legislative Council.

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6:22AM

HK police force nears 'localisation' goal with exit of expat officer

12 Oct 2009

When Senior Assistant Police Commissioner Mike Dowie retired recently it left the force with no expatriates in its senior management ranks, which were once dominated by overseas officers.

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6:18AM

Opinion

The 1-2 punch heard around the world

Updated 4:14PM

Wang Xiangwei

Placating graduates a work in progress

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5:24AM

Top civil servants fear for pay rise after new private sector check

The government is gathering figures on recent pay adjustments in the private sector for comparison with the highest ranking civil servants.

This comes just weeks ahead of a final...

2:06PM

Balancing act

One after another, staff associations of the police and other disciplined services have been stepping up pressure on government to improve their remuneration.

3:24PM

Wrestling with pay

Disgruntled police officers called off their protest march last Sunday following the personal pledge by their commissioner, Tang King-shing, to fight for an early, backdated implementation of the...

8:01PM

Don't force the issue

It was definitely a close call. Fortunately, the commissioner of police managed to defuse the looming crisis and persuaded his officers not to take to the streets tomorrow to protest against the...

8:30PM

Treading carefully through pay minefield

It was a silent and orderly protest. But when a group of officers from five disciplined services marched to the Central Government Offices on Sunday, they certainly made waves.

8:51PM

Unions should accept findings of pay study

In good times, civil servants benefit from the pay-trend survey that forms the basis for their annual adjustments - a safeguard for pay and conditions that are envied by the rest of the community...

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