LAU KWOK FAI BERNARD v SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE(for and on behalf of the Government of theHong Kong Special Administrative Region)

Read the full judgment text of CACV 000199/2003 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 29 November 2004.

1. On 19 July 2002, the Public Officers Pay Adjustment Ordinance, Ordinance No. 25/2002 (this is now Cap.574) (“POPAO”) was enacted.  This Ordinance had as its object the adjustment of pay of public officers (who are remunerated in accordance with civil service pay scales or the ICAC pay scale).  Such adjustments to pay, which was to be reduced, were to take effect as from 1 October 2002.  The question for determination in this appeal is whether the reduction in pay provided for in POPAO is cons

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