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The Government’s civil service pay policy is to offer sufficient remuneration to attract, retain and motivate staff of suitable calibre to provide the public with an effective and efficient service; and to ensure that civil service remuneration is regarded as fair by both civil servants and the public they serve through maintaining broad comparability between civil service and private sector pay.

The Ku-band coverage consists of two high powered fixed beams serving East Asia and South Asia, as well as a steerable beam.

[...] [...] effect of changes in rates of exchange and inflation on the proposed budgets of both the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for the biennium 2010–2011 (A/64/570) reflects the impact of the latest data on actual inflation, the outcome of salary surveys, the annual cost-of-living adjustments, the movement of post adjustment indices in 2009 and the effect of the evolution of operational rates of exchange [...]

We continued to fund investment in high priority growth markets, particularly in front line staff, from sustainable cost savings achieved through the implementation of our global business model which have contributed to an improved cost efficiency ratio.

[...] [...] monitoring instruments and reporting standards.

In the supplementary information provided to the Advisory Committee, the Secretary-General states that one of the lessons learned with regard to compliance missions was that, irrespective of the professional competence of the individual compliance officers, when dealing with Chief Security Officers at the P-5 or senior P-4 levels or debriefing designated officials at the level of D-2 or above, a P-3 compliance officer has neither the seniority nor the field experience to be credible.

We do not have statistics on the average greening ratio of these buildings.

(d) If, in the opinion of the Board, any Dividend or other distribution in respect of Shares or any other payment to be made by the Company to any Shareholder is of such a small amount as to make payment to that Shareholder in the relevant currency impracticable or unduly expensive either for the Company or the Shareholder then such Dividend or other distribution or other payment may, at the absolute discretion of the Board, be, if this be practicable, converted at such rate of exchange as the Board may determine and paid or made in the currency of the country of the relevant Shareholder (as indicated by the address of such Shareholder on the Register).

[...] [...] the Director General reports on the [...] [...]

The second approach determines a rate of return by systematically analysing the cost of equity and the cost of debt to the company taking into account the relevant risks involved.

[...] [...] and therefore on remittances; the consequent exchange rate devaluation, [...] [...]

[...] [...] prices, interest rates, exchange rates for trading [...] [...]

Since all of the Cap Amounts for each of the Non-Exempt Continuing Connected Transactions exceed HK$1,000,000 but the relevant applicable percentage ratios calculated under Rule 14.07 of the Listing Rules in respect of the Annual Cap Amounts under each of the Non-Exempt Continuing Connected Transactions are greater than 0.1% but less than 5%, each of the Non-Exempt Continuing Connected Transactions is only subject to the reporting, annual review and announcement requirements but is exempted from the independent shareholders’ approval requirements under Chapter 14A of the Listing Rules.

[...] [...] percentage ratios as defined under Rule 14.07 of the Listing Rules pursuant to Rules 14A.25 and 14A.26 of the Listing Rules, the Board anticipates that the applicable percentage ratios as defined under Rule 14.07 of the Listing Rules in respect of the annual caps for the transactions contemplated under the Changzhou ZKLF Purchase Agreement, Chengdu Yindile Purchase Agreement and Existing Purchase Agreements, [...] [...]

[...] [...] basis provided that it shall not exceed the projected Basic Tariff Rate approved for the last Year of the previous approved Development Plan [...]

(a) Sampling rate should be at [...] [...]

Another member pointed out that the Hongkong Post e-cert has not facilitated the uptake of e-Government services.

More regular financial disclosures will provide an opportunity to enhance the quality of the dialogue between issuers and the investing public and will enhance investor confidence as quarterly reporting will enhance transparency and market efficiency, reduce any information asymmetry and in turn reduce the risk of insider dealing.

Operating expenses increased, though to a lesser extent than revenues, due to higher systems implementation and processing costs and wage inflation, partly offset by reduced average staff numbers as we continued to implement programmes to improve efficiency across our operations.

In relation to each of those Existing Tenancy Agreements which constituted continuing connected transactions, the applicable percentage ratios under Rule 14.07 of the Listing Rules fell within the threshold prescribed in Rule 14A.34 of the Listing Rules in force at time the relevant Existing Tenancy Agreements were entered into and each of the Existing Tenancy Agreements was therefore subject to the reporting and announcement requirements but exempt from the independent shareholders’ approval requirements under Chapter 14A of the Listing Rules.

(3) In the event of the Government and HEC failing to agree on the revision referred to in paragraph (1) or of Executive Council’s approval being required in accordance with subparagraph (2)(b) or (2)(c), the Basic Tariff Rate as from 1 January next following may be adjusted if considered necessary by HEC on an interim basis provided that the limit stated in sub-paragraph (2)(a) will not be exceeded.

[...] [...] converted at such rate of exchange as the [...]

[...] [...] to mortality, lapse and expense.

[...] percentage ratios is expected to be [...] [...]

When aggregated with the Previous Transactions, each of the applicable percentage ratios under Rule 14.07 of the Listing Rules is less than 2.5%, and thus the transactions contemplated under the Equity Transfer Agreement and the Loan Agreement are only subject to the reporting and announcement requirements set out in Rules 14A.45 and 14A.47 of the Listing Rules.

(c) With the increase of resources to enhance the coordinating role of the Development Bureau, what is the percentage of works that the Administration expects can meet the pledge of keeping an underspending to below 5%?