On Monday’s Backchat, we’re talking about proposals to increase civil servants’ wages. Public sector workers could see their salary increase by up to 5.47 percent if the government approves results of the latest pay trend survey.

The survey — which gathered data from more than 110 private firms — points to rises of 4.01 percent for senior civil servants, 4.32 percent for middle-ranking workers and 5.47 percent for junior staff.


Civil servant unions have expressed support towards the proposals, citing the need for the public service to remain competitive amidst growing competition from the private sector.


Would an increase be justified?


After 9:45, we look into the privacy risks of using call filtering apps.


9:05am-9:45am: Proposed salary increase for civil servants


9:05am-9:20am: Ho Lok Sang, Director and Research Professor, Pan Sutong Shanghai-Hong Kong Economic Policy Research Institute, Lingnan University
9:05am-9:30am: John Mullally, Managing Director, Robert Walters Hong Kong
9:05am-9:45am: Roy Ying, Co Chair (Advocacy and Policy Research Committee), Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management
9:30am-9:45am: Vera Yuen, Lecturer in Economics, HKU Business School, The University of Hong Kong



9:45am-10:00am: Privacy concerns over call filtering apps

9:45am-10:00am: Michael Gazeley, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Network Box Corporation