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2.
The S.A.T. grade after the restructuring benefits from nothing, but suffers from the 'Figure Game' displayed by the Government, because of the lack of male counterparts, the welfare of S.A.T.s has been totally ignored and discriminated against.
3.
To furnish a better picture towards the salary trend among other Civil Service grades found to be comparable, we stipulate the following chart which reveals the salary movement for S.A.T.s, Personal Secretaries, Clerical Officers II and Clerical Assistants from the period of 1965 to 1976.
1976 (After Restructuring)
1965
1970
1971 (Equal Pay Scheme Implemented)
Min. Max. Min. Max.
Min.
Max.
HK$
HK$ HK$ HK$
HK$
HK$
1976
Min. Max. HK$ HK$
Min. Max. HK$ HK$
Shorthand-Audio
Typists
445
775 505 942
600
1025
920 1515
855 1735
Personal
750 1190 851 1495
950
1650
1405 2440
1850 2720
Secretaries
Clerical Officers 300
730 374
683
490
1182
855 2080
855
2080
II (female)
355 280
517
402
780
730 1515
730 1515
Clerical Assistants 270
(female)
Academic Qualifications
Shorthand-Audio Typists
Personal Secretaries
Clerical Officers II
Clerical Assistants
C. PROMOTION PROSPECTS
1.
Either 5 subjects, including English, at Grade E or above in the Hong Kong Certificate of Education (English) or 4 subjects, including English, one of
which must be at Grade E or above and others at Grade C or above.
ditto
ditto
Be able to write Chinese (Cantonese) and speak and write English at a standard equivalent to Form 4 or Middle 4.
Technical
Skills
Shorthand/ Typing speeds 70 wpm/40 wpm
Shorthand/ Typing speeds 100 wpm/40 wpm
Nil.
Nil.
It is unfortunate that there is no promotion prospect for S.A.T.s and the advancement outlet is extremely slim. The fact is that the Government are incapable of furnishing sufficient promotion and advancement prospects fer qualified S.A.T. numbered to 100 persons representing over 30% of the in-service SATS. The newly established advancement outlet, namely, Supervisor of Typing Services is a self-destruction struggle among the Secretarial Class, as total vacancies numbered 70 and only 8.6% among the Secretarial Class- Personal Secretaries, Shorthand--Audio Typists, and Senior Typists can fight for the mentioned advancement. Moreover, we regret to learn that this new Grade which has been designed as a promotion for Secretarial Class is recently open to all female officers to apply.
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