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Offers of 2017-18 civil service pay adjustment
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     The Civil Service Bureau (CSB) has made the following pay offers, effective retrospectively from April 1, 2017, to the staff sides of the four civil service central consultative councils today (June 6):

(a) a pay increase of 2.94 per cent for civil servants in the lower and middle salary bands (equal to the net pay trend indicator (PTI) for the middle salary band plus 0.5 per cent); and

(b) a pay increase of 1.88 per cent for civil servants in the upper salary band and the directorate (equal to the net PTI for the upper salary band plus 0.5 per cent) subject to the proviso that no pay point in the upper salary band should be less than $67,270.

     The above decision was made by the Chief Executive-in-Council (CE-in-Council) after considering all relevant factors under the established annual civil service pay adjustment mechanism, including:

* the net PTIs;
* the state of Hong Kong's economy;
* changes in the cost of living;
* the Government's fiscal position;
* the pay claims of the staff sides; and
* civil service morale.

     "The decision made by the CE-in-Council is entirely in conformity with the established mechanism. The pay offers for civil servants in the upper salary band and the middle salary band are 0.5 per cent higher than the net PTIs (i.e. 1.38 per cent and 2.44 per cent respectively). The pay offer for civil servants in the lower salary band is the same as that for civil servants in the middle salary band (i.e. 2.94 per cent)," a spokesman for the CSB said.

     "In accordance with past practice, the pay offer for directorate civil servants follows the arrangement for civil servants in the upper salary band," the spokesman added.

     The Government will submit the pay adjustment proposal to the Legislative Council Finance Committee for consideration as soon as possible after the CE-in-Council receives the response from the staff sides to the pay offers and makes a final decision on the 2017-18 civil service pay adjustment.
 
Ends/Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Issued at HKT 16:41
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