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THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1974

UNDER THE NEW AUARD, THE MINIMUM SALARY OF A POLICE CONSTABLE COES UP FROM THE PRESENT $950 A MONTH PLUS INTERIM ALLOWANCE OF $75 TO $1,095 A MONTH. THE MAX INUM SALARY OF A CONSTABLE INCREASES FROM THE PRESENT $1,300 PLUS INTERIN ALLOUANCE OF $100 TO $1.490 A MONTH.

MASTER PAY SCALE

FOR OFFICERS ON THE MASTER PAY SCALE, THE NET INCREASES WILL RANGE FROM ABOUT SIX PER CENT TO 11 PER CENT FOR THOSE EARNING $4,135 A MONTH AND UNDER= AND BETWEEN 12 PER CENT AND 14 PER CENT FOR THOSE EARNING OVER $4, 135.

ALL THOSE OFFICERS EARNING BELOW $4,135 HAVE BEEN RECEIVING THE INTER IN ALLOWANCE AND AGAIN THIS HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THEIR NEW BASIC PAY. THOSE EARNING OVER THIS AMOUNT DID NOT RECEIVE THE ALLOWANCE, AND HAVE NOT HAD AN INCREASE SINCE APRIL 1, 1973.

AS AN EXAMPLE THE MINIMUM SALARY OF A CLERICAL ASSISTANT INCREASES FROM THE PRESENT $505 A MONTH PLUS INTER IM ALLOWANCE OF $75 TO $515. THE CLERCIAL ASSISTANT MAX INUM INCREASES FROM $980 A MONTH PLUS $75 TO $1150 A MONTH.

SUPERSCALE

APART FROM AN INTERIM AWARD OF A FLAT $500 IN APRIL LAST YEAR, SUPERSCALE OFFICERS HAVE NOT HAD A SUBSTANTIVE INCREASE SINCE APRIL 1, .1972. THEY WILL NOW RECEIVE INCREASES RANGING FROM 11 TO 14 PER CENT. THE NEW SUPERSCALE SALARIES WILL RUN FROM $8,550 TO $19,850.

AVERAGE ANNUAL INCREASES OVER TWO YEAR PERIOD

TAKEN OVER A TWO-YEAR PERIOD FROM APRIL 1, 1972 TO APRIL 1, 1974 THERE HAS BEEN AN ANNUAL AVERAGE INCREASE OF 16 PER CENT AT THE MINIMUM OF THE MASTER PAY SCALE TO 8 PER CENT AT THE TOP OF THE SUPERSCALE.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE NEW SALARIES RECOGNISE IN PARTICULAR THAT INCREASES IN THE COST OF LIVING SINCE APRIL 1 LAST YEAR HAVE AFFECTED THE LOVER INCOME GROUPS MORE SIGNIFICANTLY THAN OFFICERS HIGHER UP THE SALARY SCALES.

THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE SALARY INCREASES IS $145 MILLION AND ANOTHER $57 MILLION FOR STAFF IN CERTA IN SUBVENTED ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS WHOSE SALARIES WILL ALSO BE INCREASED. A FURTHER COMMITMENT FOR FUTURE PENSIONS INCREASE WAS NOTED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

THE SPOKESMAN CONCLUDED BY SAYING THAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAD NOTED THE INTENTION OF GOVERNMENT TO SLOW DOWN THE GROWTH OF THE CIVIL SERVICE FOR THE TIME BEING BY CREATING NEW POSTS ONLY IN THE MOST EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

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