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TO BE PRESENTED TO MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, VOHN'S ADSOCIATIONS, RELEVANT CIVIL SERVANTS UNIONS AND OTHER RELEVANT ORGANISATIONS
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Shorthand-Audio Typists of the Hong Kong Government (Abbreviations:S.A.T.) All female staff. A Shorthand-Audio Typist normally provides secretariat service for one or more officers. S.A. T. may be required to serve as a leave relief for Personal Secretary. On appointment the 5.4.T. should have shorthand and typing speeds. of 70 w.p.m. and 40 .p. respectively. (After restructuring, the shorthand and typing speeds are 80 w.p.m. and 50 w.p.m. respectively.)
The Hong Kong Government regard the .A. T. grade as having a three-fold purpose. In one aspect, it should afford a promotion grade for competent bopy-typists. while in another it should serve as a training grade for potential personal secretaries, Finally, it must' provide a career salary for the 3.A. T.s who cannot qualify for further advancement. The Government claim when S.A.7.s who have obtained a few years experience. promotion to secretaries will be carried out.
A. Grievances
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1971 "Equal Pay for Equal Job" and "Pay for the Job: scheme Before he implementation of "qual Pay for Equal Job" and "Pay for the Job scheme, the salary, scale of S.A.T.s was five points ahead at entry HK$505 when compared with Clerical Officer II (female) at HK$374, together with maximum equivalent to the entry point of Clerical Officer I (female) at HK$942. The 1971 Salaries. Commission of Hong Kong Government by then implemented the Equal Pay for Equal Job and "Pay for the Job”” scheme, in which the Government accept the principle that civil servants' salary in terms of merit, marriage or family status and of Equal Pay for- qual Job". We shetust... surprised to learn that whilst other grades in the Civil Services having the samo or similar academic qualifications have been enjoying the "equal pay for equal job" and "pay for the job"policies, the .A. T.s have been bitterly excluded from it with excuse
claimed by the Government that the S.A.T. grade contain no male counterpart. However, in 1972, we had to sacrifice full-pay maternity leave and marriage gratuity in exchange for half-pay maternity leave as we strongly denounce.
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The 1973/74 Pay Investigation Unit aflthe Hang Kong Government calculated the maximums for Shorthand-Audio Typir vere. HK$1510 and HF 1616 respectively. In fact the actual pay for S.A.T.s in 1973 was HK 1145 (Maximum) and in 1974, HK$1220 (Maximum) which was underpaid by 32% when compared with the aforementioned. No. explanation offered from the Government in this connection.
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Owing to the fact that there is no male counterpart in the S.A.T. grade, we have been progressively losing out in comparison with our sisters who have been generally catching up with the mon in Equal Pay scales (c.g. entry point for Clerical Officer II (female) has been lifted up to HK 855*with maximum at IK 2080 entry and. I maximum for S.A.T.s are HK$920*and $1515 respectively. The Secretary for the Civil Service has never been able to account for this decline in the .A.T. grade).
B. 1976 Restructuring on Secretarial Class
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The present salary scale for Shorthand-Audio Typist is II 3920-$1515* the so-called restructuring the Government intended to introduce on 8th December: 1976, entry point for S.A.7.s was lowered by one point to $855% The maximum point was. lifted up by two points to $1735 as a remedy to the longstanding grievances. We opine that this new Salary structure could not adequately compensate the protracted monetary loss nor could this new salary structure commensurate fairly with the value and responsibilities of the
grade. The restructuring called for higher academic qualification for new entrants. Technical skill was advanced to shorthand speed 80 u.p.m. with typing speed 50 u.p.m. We see no reason why the entry point for new entrent S.A.T.s should have been lowered.
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* Note the figures mentioned above has not taken into account of
the 1977 general adjustment (7.5%).
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