The Police hold a unique position in our community to maintain stability and assure the rule of law , where there must be universal access to professional police services.

The Police Force Council Staff Side continues to have concerns for the recruitment , retention and morale of police staff and the loss of experience is an issue that is expected to cause concern from 2010 to 2013. The attractiveness of a police career needs to be maintained and this requires adjustments and further reviews to assure 'Fair and reasonable Pay ', one of the key pillars in the force's strategy on recruitment and retention.

The SPA aims to provide officers with an independent and reasonable 'Police Pay Scale PPS' recognizing and compensating officers for their contribution and professional uniqueness in Hong Kong. Whilst we have a defined Police Pay Sacle (PPS) it is not functioning properly to distinguish the police role distinct amongst the rest of the civil service and disciplined services. The special factors of policing, that distinguishes the service from other disciplined services have as yet not been fully remunerated and this is an outstanding issue from the latest Grade Structure Review (2008-2010)and adjustments passed through LeGco Finance Committee on 4th Decmeber 2009 and implemented from 1st April 2010.

The Staff Side considers there is broad public support in our community for a well motivated Police force, supported by a proper and effective career structure. We will continue to press the SAR government on the issues that remain outstanding after the GSR results in 2009 and pursue these through the Police Force Council (PFC) and Consultative Group on Civil Service salaries (CG) ahead of the Pay Level Survey (PLS) in 2012.

We appreciate that any discussion on pay and conditions with the Administration is intrinsically tough. Whilst this often seems to be an unnecessarily slow process it is one that we take very seriously. Getting the remuneration package and employment policies right is essential to quality policing of Hong Kong beyond 2012.

Police Pay has been unnecessarily and successively cut in 2002, 2004 and 2005.There has been a further pay cut in 2009 ( -5.38%). The fact such cuts are legislated have had a damaging affect on police morale. The Police Force Council Staff Side considers there is a need for a more stable system for the civil service pay adjustment mechanism , one that can implement a pay freeze in any year when the indicators point to a negative pay adjustment and then offset such in subsequent years when pay adjustments return to positive indicators. The damaging effect on staff morale of any negative adjustment needs to be considered.

Chairman SPA

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