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77.
The scale recommended for grade II artisans overlaps that for grado I in order to provide a reasonable number of annual increments for grade II artisans. In certain cases whore we have considorod it desirable to have a through scalo wo have arranged for promotion bars at various points in those scales. In the Post Office, for exemplo, wo recommend that third class postmen should start at the beginning of the semi-skilled grade at 768 and continue to $ 912 per annum; second class postmon rise from $936 por annum to
1152 por canum and first class postmon start at $ 1200 and continue to 1344 per annum. ¿
In other cases it has elso boon found necessary to depart slightly from the minima and maxima of the general scales for minor staff and artisans.
78.
Wo have experienced considerable difficulty in assessing salaries for foremen owing to the inconsistent use of titles by different departments. We consider that pa ticular attention should be paid in future to the nomenclature of posts and grades which are common to a number of departments and that a common standard should be adopted where practicable. A senior foreman in a small department may have less responsibility and less men under him then a junior foroman in a larger dopa tmont. Wo recommend that there should be three grados of foromon throughout tho service and suggest as an approximate common standard that a grade III foreman should be ono in charge of not less than twenty mon, a grade II foroman one in charge of fifty mon, and a grade I forcmon of one hundred. This grading might be varied where a foremen is expected to exercise supervision over a largo district or over a large number of small gangs of mon, or whore a high dogroo of technical skill is required in addition to supervision. In addition we have provided for a higher supervisory grado of overseers.
79.
Wo have suggested in the notes to Appendix IV that foromon should be rograded and given now titles according to the standard described above. Wo have also rpplied the scales for foremen to cortain other officers who, although they do little or no supervisory work, appear to us to have grenier responsibilities than those of a grado I artisan.
Storckeonors and Storenen.
80.
Wo have found considerable variation in the pay and the titles of storcko opors, stowards and storomon.
Wo consider that there should be a single cadre of storekeepers and stores staff undo; the general supervision and control of the Controller of Storos. In our opinion, those officers should occive their initial training in the Stores Department and should be posted to other departments as necessary. Wo recommend that entry should be by competitive examination
open to candidates
have obtained the Hong Kong School Leaving Certifiento. Wo hovo divided storekeepers into three grades according to their degree of responsibility and have suggested now titles corresponding to this grading in the notes to Appendi LV.
General Clcrical Servico.
81.
We have received representations from members of the Junior Clerical Service in rogned to the multiplicity of classes and the slowness of promotion