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There are 121 redundent officers in Personal Secretary grade after the 1976 restructuring on Secretarial Class, because the Government laid down a compulsory rule that only the Directorate Officers on salary points D2 or above:be allowed to have a Personal Secretary and began to imply the whole range secretarial duties to Shorthand- Audio Typists for officers on salary points 1l or below. We ha recently submittel our survey to the Government, and it had been recognised and accepted that 33 S.A.T.s have been providing full secretarial services to Directorate Officers on salary points D2 or above as those services were unaware or ignored by the Government beforehand.
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It is discouraging and totally unreasonable that over 100 fully-qualified S.A.T.s awaiting promotion to Personal Secretarics and over 336 S.A.T.s who reach the age of 25 onwards, receiving maximum pay without promotion prospect to Personal Secretaries not until the redundant secretaries could be utilized, and the Government during the meeting claimed that the said discrepancy may be clarified by the end of 1978 by then the redundant Personal Secretaries shall be removed. However, the average age range of Personal Secretaries is comparatively young, namely 25 to 30 and it will take many years to come before their retirement, which directly dims the promotion prospect for SATS,
D. CONSULTATIVE MEETINGS
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The main purpose of the Government Shorthand Audio Typists Association is to air our grievances in the said aspects. In response to the repeated demands from Mr. A.J. Scott, former Secretary for the Civil Service whom stated in public press and i the meeting held on 2nd May 1977 that further evidence from private soctor is essential, we had dutifully furnished relevant evidence in supporting our claims for improvemert both the salary and promotion prospect. After months of intensive research, detailed comparisons with the major private sectors in Hong Kong, we introduced a pay survey from the Hong Kong Productivity Centre Report "Salary Trends & Fringe Benefits" of which en independent reputable survey of private sälok. The salary scale calculated from the said: report for S.A.T.s is at HK$1255 at minimum and HK$2149 at maximum.
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A series of meetings have been held with the Official Side since February 1977 and finally broken off on 22nd July 1977. Sincerity and justice were found very much lacking on the official side. All our strenuous efforts on fact findings over the past few months have been disregarded. We are most dissatisfied with the Official, Side '2/ "Turning Around" attitude throughout the meetings chaired by Mr. Hammond, Acting Secretary for the Civil Service. We discovered a lot of discrepancies in the Government. Pay Investigation Unit Report of which our salary is based. From the contradictions and discrepancies in the Government Pay Investigation Unit Report, we have ample reasons to believe that Government has cocked up some figures to the disadvantage of the Salary --. of SATS.
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E. GOVERNMENT'S CONTRADICTING PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE
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Good employers
Government's declared principle
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Good employers are defined as those who provide stability and continuity of employment, who can,furnish with adequate facilities, for training and advancement · outlets.
2. Pay Investigation Unit
Pay Investigation Unit (under Civil Service Branch), is a survey machinery for the Government. The Pay Investigation Unit Report is the only guidance for salary structure for the whole of the Civil Service.
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