Civil servants to get pay hikes

3.92% increase in the middle and lower salary bands.

According to a report, the Acting Chief Executive in Council has decided the pay for the directorate and civil servants in the upper salary band should be increased by 2.55%, while that for the middle and lower salary bands should be increased by 3.92%, with retrospective effect from April 1.

The Civil Service Bureau said today the decision was made after considering the responses of the staff sides of the four civil service central consultative councils to the Government's pay offers.

The bureau said the Government has considered the net pay trend indicators derived from the pay trend survey, the state of Hong Kong's economy, changes in the cost of living, the Government's fiscal position, pay claims of the staff sides, and civil service morale.

The Legislative Council’s Finance Committee will discuss the 2013-14 civil service pay adjustment on July 5.