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(f) Where in a survey freak situations arise e.g.
where there is only one post and it has only recently been filled by a learne at a low
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salary then these situations are either
appropriately. weighted or the company is removed from the survey.
The sample of 17 companies is regarded as sufficiently large to produce an accurate result. Many reports for more specialised grades are based on less than 17 companies. The reason for the small sample is that the private sector employs few Stenographers/SATS in the same way that Government does. Much greater flexibility is usually required in the private sector where Stenos/SATS often have as normal duties those of receptionists, wages clerks and so on.
The trend report of the HKPC is just what it says. It reflects trends year by year. It does not compare like with like and includes only immediate cash benefits, ignoring such important benefits as pensionability, leave earnings, medical benefits etc. which cannot be immediately cash related. It would not be suitable for setting Government pay scales as it is too imprecise.
The Salaries Commission of 1971 did not reveal precisely how they assessed their pay points for ranks and grades in the new Class Scales on a Master Pay Scale, which was their main recommendation. It is possible that they found the 1970 HKPC Trend Report useful in Setting bench marks. They did however recommend that a PIU should be constituted to do this work in the future, and Government has followed that recommendation. Now that the PIU has been accepted by the Staff Side (i.e. the major. Associations) and has been operating as an independent survey and report body for six years. it would be quite inappropriate and unacceptable to the majority of the Staff Side for Government to go to other, less precise, sources of pay information.
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