'Pay freezes show govt serious in tackling deficit'

[RTHK] - 03/1/2025

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Saturday said his proposal to freeze civil servant pay aims to show the government's determination in achieving a fiscal balance. In his budget speech on Wednesday, he proposed cutting recurrent government expenditure by two percent for the coming financial year. (…)



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