All government officials will pay a 5.38% cut in the next month

Xinhua Beijing, June 15, Hong Kong, "Star Island daily" Today in the "News" column published reports that it is learnt that in order to tide over the difficulties with the public, the chief executive, Mr Donald Tsang, announced the latest 16th, with 33 political appointees, referring to the senior civil service targets in the pay trend survey, the total pay reduction by 5.38% and the need for a pay cut.　　A rough calculation will save about $5 million a year for the Treasury, which is expected to be implemented as soon as 1st next month, far ahead of the 20,000 directorate and senior civil servants who need a reduction in the Legislative Council.　　Hong Kong government sources revealed that in late last month, Mr Tsang, who had been asked to share the difficult times with the public, announced that all 34 officials responsible for the pay reduction would be the fastest in the Executive Council on 16th, with a pay cut of 5.38% for Senior and directorate civil servants. In other words, Mr Tsang will be deducted $20,000 a month, and in the three secretaries, the Chief Secretary for Administration Henry Tang will pay a monthly salary reduction of $18,000, The Financial Secretary, Mr John Tsang, and the Secretary for Justice, Huang Renrong, reduced their respective $17,000 the 12 secretaries and chief executive officers, Chan, will also have to reduce the cost of $16,000 a month, together with 8 deputy secretaries to reduce 1 to 12,000 yuan and 9 political assistants by 6000 to 9000 yuan, and 34 for a total of 5 million dollars a year.　　Once the proposal has been implemented, it is understood that all accountable officials will be able to pay a reduction in wages as soon as 1st next month.　　As for the voice of the outside world, which requires accountability officials to adopt the former chief executive, Mr Tung Chee-hwa, to unify the pay cut by 10%, the government sources explained that even if the wage reduction rate is set at 10%, it may produce different views and voices and be challenged to the criteria set.　　The source said that as the current remuneration of the accountable officials was based on the eighth level of the Permanent Secretary, and that the fringe benefits were converted into cash, and that the pay adjustment of Directorate civil servants was adjusted according to the pay trend survey of senior civil Service indicators, the same survey target should be used as a reference point. The source added that if the remuneration of the accountable officials were not lowered by the targets, the remuneration of the officers in charge would be unbalanced with those of the Directorate level eighth. However, he stressed that the accountability officials had absolutely no intention of linking up with the civil service pay adjustment and had no intention to exert pressure on the public servants, only that the pay trend survey had consulted the holding company's data and had been used for a long while, and that the accountability officers would not use the survey indicators to ask for a　　In particular, he pointed out that in the past 2 years, when the survey data showed that the salaries of Senior and Directorate civil servants had been raised by 4.96% and 6.3%, the accountability officials had not increased their remuneration.　　The source explained that the reduction in the remuneration of accountable officials and the reference point of the results of the pay trend survey should be made public after the Executive Council's 16th discussion. As to whether the future accountability officials have to set up a mechanism for the adjustment of remuneration, the source said that they would study it again and pointed out in particular that when the economy deteriorated further, the accountable officials would not rule out further wage cuts and tide over the difficulties with the public.