Nicky Lo has been appointed Standing Commission on Civil Service Salaries & Conditions of Service Chairman, the Civil Service Bureau says, while Virginia Choi and Mark Lettenbichler have been appointed as members. The appointments are for two years, from August 1. 

Yeung Ka-sing, who has been leading the standing commission since 2000, will retire on the same day. Member Nicholas Brooke will also retire on August 1 after six years of service.

The standing commission advises the Government on principles and practices governing the pay and conditions of service of non-directorate civilian civil servants. Other serving members are Professors Anthony Cheung and Ho Lok-sang, Eleanor Ling, Andy Lo, Mak Ping-on and Howard Young.