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Hong Kong police chief backs pay freeze for lowest performers

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Hong Kong's Commissioner of Police, Joe Chow, has publicly supported a new performance appraisal system that will withhold pay raises from the bottom 5% of officers. Despite concerns from frontline staff about fostering a "shoe-shining culture," Chow stated that management will increase communication to explain the policy. He believes the system is fair and will accurately reflect performance levels. AI

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Hong Kong police chief backs pay freeze for lowest performers

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Ng Kang-chung ·

    Hong Kong police chief backs plan to deny pay rises to bottom 5% of performers

    Hong Kong’s police chief has thrown his weight behind a controversial government reform of the appraisal system that will deny a pay rise to the bottom 5 per cent of performers, despite concerns raised by frontline officers. Commissioner of Police Joe Chow Yat-ming said on Saturd…

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