Govt to raise salaries for civil servants by 3%

The pay raise proposal considered six socio-economic factors, including living costs.

The Executive Council has approved the Civil Service Bureau proposal to give civil servants, including staff in the upper, middle, and lower salary bands and the directorate, a 3% pay increase this year, with retrospective effect from 1 April.

The 3% pay rise is lower than the net pay trend indicators for the upper (4.01%), middle (4.32%), and lower (5.47%) salary bands unveiled last month.

The Civil Service Bureau considered six factors for the pay raise, including the state of Hong Kong's economy, changes in the cost of living, net pay trend indicators, the government's fiscal position, the pay claims of the staff side, and civil service morale.

The government will submit the proposal to the Legislative Council after the Chief Executive-in-Council considers the response from the staff side and makes a decision.