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There is no direct causal relationship between the annual pay adjustment for civil servants and inflation as such, but there is clearly a psychological effect.

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For QG 9, the Standing Commission has noted, in particular, the differences in the salary structure of degree jobs in the civil service and the private sector (viz. degree jobs in the private sector generally enjoy a larger jump after a few years) and the importance to maintain the competitiveness of jobs in the QG which form the backbone of the civil service, etc.

(b) Information on practical training in social media co-organised by the Civil Service Training and Development Institute (CSTDI) of CSB and the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) for all Government officers and similar training arranged by CSB and Joint Secretariat for the Advisory Bodies on Civil Service and Judicial Salaries and Conditions of Service (JSSCS) for their own staff is at Annex 2.

His delegation requested the international community, as a matter of urgency: to take all the measures indicated in the conclusions and recommendations of the report contained in document A/64/339, including the imposition of sanctions on Israel if it failed to comply fully with all United Nations resolutions; to request Israel to allow the members of the Special Committee to enter the occupied territories in order to fulfil its mandate; and to require the Israeli Government to pay appropriate compensation for the damage it had inflicted on the Palestinians and the population of the occupied Syrian Golan.

Regarding the amendment proposed by Ms Audrey EU urging the Chief Executive to take punitive action against Mr LEUNG Chin-man including the deduction of his pension payment, it is in fact stipulated under the Pension Benefits Ordinance (Cap. 99) that the pension of a retired senior official may only be cancelled, suspended or reduced under several conditions which include the conviction of any offence in connection with the public service under the Government and the said offence has been certified by the Chief Executive to have been gravely injurious to Hong Kong, any offence under the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance or the offence of treason under the Crimes Ordinance.

(a) Provide information on the amount of tax deductible donations under profits tax and salaries tax (including tax under personal assessment) in the past few years, an assessment on how and to what extent the proposal would encourage charitable donations by corporations/individuals, as well as and the estimated amount of additional donations that would be made after implementation of the proposal.

If there is sufficient evidence to prove that any Chief Executive or former Chief Executive maintains a standard of living above that which is commensurate with his present or past official emoluments; or that he is in control of pecuniary resources or property disproportionate to his present or past emoluments, and he is unable to give a satisfactory explanation to the court, the Chief Executive or former Chief Executive will be guilty of an offence.

While expressing their satisfaction that the new programme management cycle now allows not only a top-down but also a bottom-up interaction which is expected to give a more important role to field offices and National Commissions in the design of the next programmes and budgets, participants unanimously stressed that cluster and regional consultations for the purpose of the preparation of the C/5 document or for any issue considered to be part and parcel of UNESCO’s core business shall not be funded from the Participation Programme but from other sources under the regular programme (see resolution adopted by the Consultation which is attached as Annex III).

A host of concrete proposals were suggested to the coordinators of the Dialogue, such as: dialogue and networking among universities; dialogue among young scientists, involving UNESCO chairholders in dialogue activities; dialogue among student journalists and seasoned media practitioners from both regions; the holding of youth forums; reactivation of the Committee for the Translation of Literary Works and increase in the translation of Arabic works into European languages; a comparative study of school textbooks; dialogue involving professionals from cultural industries; the organization of an interregional conference on the image of Arab-Islamic culture in European history books.

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