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(D) HKSI Brand Development: To enhance the visibility of HKSI as a centre of elite training in order to attract and retain talented athletes; and to increase community connectivity and engagement through high performance lifestyle education and information.

However, information on the remuneration of individual staff cannot be disclosed because this might undermine the ability of the organizations concerned to recruit and retain staff of the right calibre and with the necessary experience, bearing in mind they often have to compete with the private sector for staff.

Under the direction of FS and on the advice of EFAC, MA would be able to employ staff to fill HKMA posts on terms different from those of the civil service, so as to attract and retain staff of high calibre and with the right experience.

[...] [...] personnel and expertise in the service could be retained?

[...] [...] attract, retain and motivate staff of suitable calibre to provide the public with an effective [...] [...]

He expressed concern about the competitiveness of their remuneration systems for retaining quality staff in the universities in the long run.

We have the same philosophy as any other Remuneration Committee, namely to set the Company’s remuneration policies and practices so that they facilitate the attraction, retention and motivation of the Executive Directors and other senior executives of appropriately high calibre to implement the Group’s strategy while aligning the interests of the Executive Directors and executives with those of shareholders generally.

[...] [...] modelling tools, such as the Lives Saved Tool; disseminating [...] [...]

[...] [...] constitutes an essential tool to saving the thousands [...] [...]

Lastly, SFST should make concrete recommendations to reinstate Hong Kong’s reputation as an international financial centre, and to decide on the way forward for the proposals on the delisting mechanism, which had been lifted from the Consultation paper.

[...] [...] International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea, [...] [...]

The basket of factors includes the responsibility, working conditions and workload of judges vis-à-vis those of lawyers in private practice; the recruitment and retention in the Judiciary; unique features of the judicial service; retirement age and retirement benefits of JJOs; prohibition against return to private practice in Hong Kong; benefits and allowances enjoyed by JJOs; cost of living adjustment; general economic situation in Hong Kong; budgetary situation of the Government; overseas remuneration arrangements; private sector pay levels and trends; and public sector pay as a reference.

[...] [...] distress, of saving the author’s [...]

During their visit, the Working Group found that the challenges faced by people of African descent in Portugal related mainly to their lack of recognition as a specific group in the national policy and legal framework; the lack of recognition of their positive contribution throughout history to the construction and development of the country; the lack of qualitative and quantitative disaggregated data by racial or ethnic origin; the existence of a circle of poverty, unequal access to education, public services, employment, as well as discrimination in the administration and functioning of the justice system; existence of racial profiling and police violence; underrepresentation in political and institutional decision-making processes, as well as the lack of special measures or affirmative action policies in Portugal for people of African descent or other minorities.

[...] included the organization of specific training sessions with a [...] [...]

The net decrease reflects reductions under most objects of expenditure, including $242,800 under consultants, mainly as a consequence of the increased use of in-house expertise, where possible; $104,700 under experts, resulting mainly from concerted efforts to combine meetings or reduce the number of experts and the duration of meetings, whenever possible; $121,200 under travel of staff, mainly attributable to increased utilization of video conferencing, combining trips and/or reducing the duration of travel as much as possible; $460,800 under contractual services, primarily owing to increased utilization of electronic means of disseminating publications; $111,000 under furniture and equipment, reflecting reduced requirements for the replacement of furniture and office equipment resulting from extending the lifespan of furniture and equipment; and $781,600 under grants and contributions, mainly owing to the termination of the contract with the International Computing Centre.

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.