2.
lifetime career has not the incentive to remain in
Hong Kong as there are few senior positions and no
prospects of reaching those appointments until after
many years service.
4. The present salary of the Nursing Staff is as
follows:-
Principal Matron £475 £25
£600
Matron
£380
-
£20
£460
Senior Sister
£300 £15
P
£360
Nursing Sister £220 £15 £295
The salary of the Malayan Nursing Service converted at 2/4 to
the Straits dollar is as follows:-
Special Grade Matron
£630 p.a.
28
$450 p.m.
= £532
-
£588 p.a.
£462-
£518 p.a.
=
£294
£448 p.a.
7 Grade I Matron $380 p.m.-$10-$420
16 Grade II Matron $330 p.m.-$10-$370
Nursing Sister $210 p.m.-$10-$320
=
The provision of free quarters, servants, fuel, lighting and
house linen are the same in both Services. After allowing for
the higher cost of living in Malaya, the salary of the Hong
Kong Nursing Sister is disproportionately lower.
5. Your Petitioners humbly submit that a more equitable
scale of salary for the Nursing Staff in Hong Kong would be:-
Nursing Sister
£220
M
£15 - £355
Grade II Matron £360 £15 · £420
Grade I Matron
£430
£20 £490
£25 - £600.
Principal Matron £500
The holders of Specialist positions (i.e. Dietetic
Sister, V.D. Sister and Tutor Sister) in addition to the scale
salary should receive a specialist allowance of £30 per annum.
The X-Ray Sister should be brought up on to the scale
£20-£460, with the same
of salary of Masseuses, namely £380
privileges and allowances. This is a specialist position with
no opportunity of promotion above the scale.