Public servants to get 6.5 percent salary rise

2012-03-15
From: Macau Business

Public servants are to get a 6.5 percent salary increase, the executive council spokesperson announced yesterday.
Leong Heng Teng said the government is in a good financial position to explain the pay rise. But unlike the previous times public servants got pay rises, this time the move will not be backdated to January.
Mr Leong also told reporters that the 6.5 percent increase was calculated based on salaries in the private sector, government finances and the inflation rate.
The move will cost the government around MOP700 million (US$87.5 million), but still needs to be approved by the Legislative Assembly.
As many as 23,600 people were civil servants at the end of September last year.

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