URA Board adopts pay review report
The Board of the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) today (Thursday)
discussed and decided to accept fully Government's recommendations
based on a recent review of the remuneration of senior executives
of eleven public bodies including the URA.
The review report, received by the URA about four weeks ago,
concluded that the current remuneration level and mix of the URA's
senior executives were generally comparable to the target level of
the review, i.e. the market median level of remuneration of
comparable companies in the private sector.
The URA Board, in a regular meeting today, agreed unanimously that
the findings of the report were reasonable and acceptable.
The Board further agreed to implement the recommendations raised
by the Chief Secretary for Administration. The recommendations
include:
- to report to the Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands
annually on the remuneration arrangements for the senior
executives;
- to adopt the practice of companies listed in the Hong Kong
Stock Exchange and disclose remuneration of the top five
executives; and
- to disclose from next year onwards details of the Managing Director's remuneration package including the fixed and variable pay components.
In line with another recommendation in the report, the URA Board
also decided to set up a remuneration committee to make
recommendations to the Board on remuneration policy, adjustments in
salary and variable pay, and guidance to the remuneration
arrangement for the general staff of the Authority. The committee
will consist of five Board members.
The URA Board also discussed at the meeting the scope of possible
co-operation between the URA and the Housing Society through a
strategic alliance, as recommended by Government in the RIFPH
(Review of the Institutional Framework for Public Housing) report.
The Board examined the progress of a series of active discussions
held with the Housing Society and noted that there were a number of
areas where the two bodies could work together to the benefit of
both. The discussions will continue.