According to sources, the Executive Council today (5th) approved a salary increase plan for civil servants.
The Secretary for the Civil Service, Ms Yeung Ho Pei-yin, will meet the media at the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference at 2 pm.
[14:10] When asked why they did not follow the results of the salary trend survey and whether it would affect the morale of civil servants, Yang He Beiyin pointed out that this is only one of the six factors to be considered, and it is not necessary to follow. In the past, there were also special reasons for D years. Following this, we need to consider the economic situation in Hong Kong. The local economic situation is not ideal under the fifth wave of the epidemic. It will take time for the job market to recover. There are uncertainties in the external environment, which need to be handled carefully. We believe that this decision has "achieved a better balance."
Yang Ho Pei-yin emphasized that the current system has its own complete calculation method and has been in operation for decades. Tomorrow, she will meet with representatives of the staff side. After receiving the response, she will make a final decision with the Chief Executive in Council.
[14:03] Yang He Beiyin said that the Chief Executive in Council agreed that the high, medium and low pay grades of civil servants will be raised by 2.5%, retroactively to April 1 this year.
She pointed out that she understands the views of the community and will explain it to the Legislative Council Civil Service and Subvented Organisations Staff Affairs Committee later.
In addition, she will meet with representatives of the four staff members of the Civil Service Council tomorrow to hear the responses and seek the final decision of the guild. The goal is to consult the Legislative Council and submit it to the Finance Committee for deliberation before the end of this Legislative Council year.
The agenda originally scheduled to be discussed last month was temporarily picked up
The preliminary results of the 2022 salary trend survey were released in May. The net salary trend index for senior civil servants was 7.26%, the mid-level was 4.55%, and the low-level was 2.04%.
A number of civil servants unions said that civil servants have frozen their salaries in the past two years, and now that civil servants are facing increasing pressure, they should be given reasonable salary adjustments;
The Executive Council was originally scheduled to discuss the salary increase for civil servants on the 7th of last month, but the agenda was temporarily picked up and handed over to the new government.
Tang Jiahua, a member of the guild, pointed out yesterday that the economic downturn in the past year has resulted in many companies cutting salaries or taking unpaid leave. Many senior executives of many companies have resigned due to various reasons, and they need to raise their salaries to retain management personnel. The data.
He pointed out that the above two situations do not fully apply to civil servants. It would not be appropriate to follow the net target. He personally believes that it is impossible for senior civil servants to increase the full 7%.
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