TNAG-0695-FCO40-845-Policy-on-salaries-for-civil-service-in-Hong-Kong-1977 — Page 143

with average working year,

384

tua loo

fully-qualifind

SATS to ISS and the one over 336 SATS who weach the age

and verwy 25 onwards and

pay

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There and It is imfortmate that there is no promotion prospect for S.A..s and the advancement prospect is extremely slim. The Government should admit the facts that they are incapable of furnishing sufficient promotion and advancement prospects for qualified S.A.. which are over 30% in total. The newly established advancement is outlet, namely, Supervisor of typing Services will be a

121 heating.Si redundant away from the restrectomy.

self-destruction struggle among the Secretarial Class, as total vacancies umbered to 70 and only 8.6 emong the Secretarial Class – P.S., S.A.T.s and Sedler Typists

Sedför can fight for the mentioned advancement. We recommend that in view of the above submission the Government should offer compensation of salary scale in order to cope with the principle providing a career salary for those who cannot qualify for further advancement, not to mention that we are actually qualified. Bear in mind that it is unfortunate that the Government are at present unable to carry out their principle in this connection, and this nujustifiable situation is expected to continue in the foreseeable future. ▲ good, employer should do something constructive now instead of adopting an indifferent 'let-go' attitude towards the employces,

F. Recommendations

Contents of the covered Priestley Report, the Statement of principle and Aims in Civil Service Remmeration together with Salaries Commission Reports have been fully analysieda and aware by the S.A.7.s. During the aforesaid procedures, we found it agrecable:-

(a) That it was not possible to examine work at first time in

all organizations in the Secretarial Class.

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(b) The elements of the secretarial work (for example, shorthand,

typing, receiving visitors etc.) are similarly at all rank for secretaries. A clear-cut in job contents and responsibilities among the Secretarial Class- Personal Secretarios, S.A..s and Typiste is not possible as the said grades linked and existed mutually one to each other. No single grado cun oxist individually.

(c)

As to age of Analogue, the P.I.U. claimed that a junior secretary or steno-typist is in her early 20s, a secretary from above 25 onwards and a senior secretary over 30. It is unfortunate and unreasonable to the 3.A.T. in Civil Service that 336 out of 417 have reached the age of 25 onwards, receiving maxitrum pay and qualifying for advancement to Personal Secretaries.

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