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Merical Officers applied for SAF and it was a sound system in asking officera to change from ben grade to another.
102. Br. Linthwaite said he did not ask for any change, all he said was if one wanted, the advancement possibility to Supervisor of Typing Services which gave a maximum salary of $3,135, of Clerical Officer to about $4,000, to Personal Secretary and then to Pers nal Assistant about $4,000. All these ad ement had an opportunity to Executive Officer. Again, it was not excl...ive to them and certainly there was no discrimination against SAT grade.
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Misa V. So said the Official Side proposed to change promotion prospect of an SAT from exceptionally to normally to the post of Pe sonal Secretary and Supervisor of Typing Services. With regard to the post of Supervisor of Typing Services as a normal promotion for SAT, the Supervisor of Typing Services poats should not be open to 3 grades altogether, and she took the example of Personal Secretary going to Executive Officer grade, although Executive Officer grade was not exclusive for Personal Secretary and that was why not marked "normal promotion" for Personal Secretary. She maid within Civil Service, any officer possessed qualification and ability required could apply a higher grade and you should not consider it a promotion and therefore if he thought Supervisor of Typing services was a normal promotion for 2, they should not open a recruitment to the other two grades.
104. The Chairman said that they had already agreed with the typi¶ts, Personal Secretary that Supervisor of Typing “ervices would be open for them to apply and could not go back to that point.
105." Mrs. M. Cheung "said in talking ab ut promotion of different grades, 2 she pointed out to him that Government was doing things improperly. She
quoted the example of senior typista; they possessed no school certificate, most of them not up to Form 5 standard, Government allowed them to convert to CO IT unconditiohajlyerbutefarqthkiffes who became CO II actually they were well qualified for CO II. She also pointed out to him that about 58 SATs who were formerly CO II, did not make decision to change, they thought SAT offered prospect, but after restructuring they did not have promotion prospect and again from this meeting it was only empty and nothing concrete, and if Government was holding attitude like, that, what was the value of holding t those meetings.
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106. Miss V. So said earlier they asked the Official Side what kind of s evidence that would convince the Official side and "r. Hammond suggested than to go to HKCOSA for advice. Miss So wanted to say that the grievance of S1a was hardly a problem of the Official Side, it had nothing to do with KCCIA as they had already written to the Official Side saying the SAT Unit had already set up an association. The association had the full responsibility to take matters. concerning their grade. That was why they could not see the reason why they should go to the HKCCSA for these problems. She would like to know who was responsible for improving their conditions of service, the Official "ide or HKCCSA,
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107. The Chairuan said all the Staff Side's correspondence was on the ISA's note paper and endorsed by the Chairman of IKOOSA and that was why "the Official Side asked them to seek advice from IIKOGSA. It was not the responsibility of the Official Side to suggest how the Staff Side to present their case.
Because the HKCCS“ were very experienced in that sort of thing, All the responsibility for making the decision and what salary scale rosted with the Government Civil Service Branch. ut the presentation of the Staff Gide's case was what the AStaff Side did.
108. Hrs. Cheung said that on March 22, 1977, the Staff Side had directed a letter to Secretary for the Civil Service clarifying that the SAT Association C and SAT Unit was the same body with same interest. She then referred to a telephone conversation with Mr. Linthwaite during the conversation, Mr. Lánthwaite asked whether there were two different groups of people, one from the lit and the other from the Association, and in
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