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71. The following particulars of remuneration in
Universities in Great Britain are of interest and give
the average salary for the various grades:-
Total number in
Great Britain.
Average
Salary.
Professors
842
£1,094
Readers, Assistant Professors and independent Lecturers
364
661
Lecturers
1,382
471
Assistant Lecturers and
Demonstrators
831
310
Others
251
383
3,670
72. It is worth noting that of those professors
no less than 192 receive less than £950, 221 professors
are on the mark £951/£1,000, 75 on the mark £1,001/£1,100
and 123 £1,101/£1,200; that is to say that, of the total
of 842 given above, only 231 receive salaries of over
£1,200 per annum.
73. It must be noted that members of the University
staff are provided with living accommodation or given a
housing allowance in lieu, and draw other allowances of
appreciable monetary value. Further it is perhaps
justifiable to point out that Hong Kong does not obtain
and, in fact, does not require the University professor
of such exceptional academic attainments as might claim
emoluments on the scale paid for the leading professorial
posts in the United Kingdom.
74. Except for the consolidation of the existing
10% deduction, we do not propose any alteration in pay
for the existing staff, Nor do we wish to suggest a hard
and fast scale to be applied in the future. For future
recruits the basis of remuneration should be determined
by:-
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