CO129-511-6 Salaries and conditions of service of government staff 27-4-1928 - 2-11-1928 — Page 55

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service in 1920, the Government, not without sound reasons, had placed the scales of salaries for clerks in a more favourable basis than that of the teachers.

This, I venture

to submit, indicates that Government has appreciated the good services rendered by the clerks on account of the important duties that have devolved upon them and that they

are the officers responsible to a certain extent, for the properly functioning of all departments

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to vouch for

which fact I respectfully beg to hint the loyalty of them during the trying times of the strikes.

If the Government cannot see its way to make the annual increase of salary continuous throughout the Service, it is our sincere request that the Government will grant at least a certain number of the Classes to enjoy this privilege and also that the minimum salary of Class VI to be increased, as the difference between Class VI and V is $450.00 quite out of proportion with the difference between the other higher classes. It takes 14 years to reach the maximum of class V which is under $100.00 per annum even if continuous increments are acquired.

In conclusion, I have the honour to express

on behalf of members of the Clerical Service the ir thanks to the Government for the proposed scheme of creating more high class posts in 1928.

I have, &c.,

(Sd.) Lo Kam Chak,

President.