the sum you calculate ($74,600) as excesive.
Waiters and barmen in other clubs are currently paid at salaries 30o/o higher
ln
than those we
are
restaurants and hotels, they earn a slightly higher salary than our staff but can make uP to
offering.
a month each in ti1s. The ¡ntention is to give all servíce staff a
$600
gratuity equivalent to 2.5
times
their monthly salary or part thereof depending on the length of service, and
I
am happy to be able to saY
that the sum
assessed
($135), and
the readiness of most of the mem' bership to pay, means that we shall be able to do this. Even so, for the average barman and waiter, this
that this salary and all benefits including the gratuitY fund, will amount to $l,485 a
means
month, which. is below the average similar staff in three comqarable
clubs for which we have figures and, lshould add, for the five hotels and restaurants for which we also have figures. You are correct in assuming that the relocation fund, as it accumu' lates, will be invested; this fund is accounted for separatelY in the Clubt accounts and a seqarate bank
account has been opened to
it. Associate members are, as you say, PaYing more lhan other categories of members to "buy the farm" but it is fair to point out lhat we are occuqying administer
more space on ilte farm, and consuming more fôdder, than all the
other
categories
Put
together'
Whether we like it or not, the Correspondents' Club rb now f inancially dominated bY the A5fociates.
voice in'. the Club's management; both the Secretary and the Treasureir are. this Year, Associate members and the vast ma¡oritY
committee to which it reports, are Aæociate members. While the majority of Board memberc remain Correspondents in accordance with the constitution, theY are rarelY rash enough to disregard the recom-
mendations
given bY
their
supportin g Comm i ttees. Finally George, the onlY rePrisal
^ for your lener will be that oQ long, rather read this having to reply. Yo¡trs sincerely, ¿
,
TONY SCOTT Honorary!,Treasurer
New Members
The finest designed Porcelain & crystal that moneY can buY For the year 19?8 Bjorn Wiinblad has again desigrred the Christmas Plate.
The German financial journal C øpital commended Rosenthal Ch¡istmas Plates as a "good investment", and described them as "shares in porcelain"'
The 1971 Christmas has now appreciated in value bY more than 1,000 per cent.
The 19?8 Plate is a collector's item and is available from the Rosenthal Studio shoP in Ocean Te¡minal (3-6?9285) or Prince's
Building (5-238282)
As they will be in
great
demand, please collect Yours early!
",
the Bar and Restaurant Committec, and the House
at Your
I am a bit surPrised statement that Associates have little
of
SuÓ-
Mr. Takatoshi lnoue, Correspondent, NHK Japan Broadcasting Corp Mr. Ross H. Munro, Correspondent, Time lnc' Mr. Wilson R. Owen, Journalist, RTHK Mr. John K.E. Hawley, Asssciate, Dymo Visual Systems Mr. A. Janicki, Associate, Sandoz Colours Ltd' Miss Celia M. Roberts, British Council Mr. Peter H. Walker, Associate, HK Government Mr. T'ung r (HK) Ltd' Mr. Roy R Agency cat¡on Mr. Harry ner Mr. Bruce Mr. Simha Ben-Shay, Associate, Lynsy Company (HK) Ltd' Mr. Philip S. Roderick'Jones, Associate, Astley & Pearce
Mr. Hans Lodders, Associate, Buhrmann Tetterode N'V'
Mr. Michael H. Pope, Associate, The Creative Workshop Ltd' Mrs. Helen Ghan Kar Hui Ling, Associate, Mobil Oil HK Ltd' Mr. LH. Viney, Associate, South China Morning Post Mr. Robert H' Grinter, Associate, ICAC-CPC Mr. Tseng Teh-cheng, Journalist, New Evening Post Mr. Brian A. Watson, Associate, Ling-McCann-Erickson, Ltd' (HK) Ltd' Mr. Timothy H.D' Green, Associate, Caldbeck MacGregor Ltd' lnt. Computers Associate, Phillips, A. Mr. Barry Mr. Jeremy G. Miller, Associate, lnterasia Publications Mr. Eric Van Gelder, Associate Miss Trishana Barnett, Associate, Arthur Anderson & Co' Mr. Christopher M' Johnson, Associate, British Ropes Mr. Tan Lim Heng, Associate, Ong Holdings (HK) Ltd' Mrs. L.V. Willsteed, Associate
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