社評雙語道：公僕加薪需尊重薪酬機制

http://paper.wenweipo.com [2015-06-03]

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■有公務員團體對加薪幅度未能追上通脹非常失望。圖為政總上下班的公務員。資料圖片

2015年薪酬趨勢調查報告5月19日出爐，高層、中層及基層公務員的加薪指標分別為3.42%（編按：薪趨會於26日修改為3.46%）、4.12%和3.02%。有公務員團體對於加薪幅度未能追上通脹非常失望。加薪從來都是容易引發爭議的問題。本港通脹升溫是受全球量寬政策作用的普遍現象，市民承受的生活壓力更大。

本港大部分行業的平均加薪幅度只維持在3%至4%之間，與6%的通脹率有差距，加薪追不上通脹是全體打工仔共同面對的現實，並非僅僅公務員如此。公務員團體對加薪幅度有意見可以理解，但落實加薪還是跟機制辦事為好，否則只會引發更大的爭議。（文匯報社評20-5-2015）

Civil servants should respect mechanism on pay rise

The 2015 Pay Trend Survey was released May 19. It suggested that upper, middle and lower salary-band civil servants should be subject to a pay rise of 3.42%, 4.12% and 3.02% based on their respective pay trend indicators. Some civil servant groups expressed disappointment as these hikes cannot keep up with inflation. Pay adjustment has always been an issue that easily causes controversy. The rocketing inflation in Hong Kong is a general phenomenon brought about by quantitative easing policies adopted around the world, and the general public now suffers from greater livelihood burdens.

Most sectors in Hong Kong score an average salary rise of only between 3% and 4%, falling far short of the 6% inflation rate. It is impossible to keep them in line, a fact to be faced not only by the civil service, but all employees alike. Civil servant groups may have their opinions on the extent of pay rise, but they had better stick to the established mechanism lest it should cause even greater controversy.（20-5-2015）

Learning Point

社評討論的是公務員的加薪問題，英文有不同的詞彙表達「薪金」，譯文中用了pay和salary，除此，wage和income亦可解作「薪金」，但這些詞彙的意思都略有不同。

Pay：工資，是較通用的字眼，泛指工作所得的金錢

Salary：通常是指按月發放的薪水，亦可指每年的薪俸

Wage：通常是指按小時、日、周所計的工錢

Income：收入，是工作和其他相關活動所得的總數

Practice

試在下列空格上填上 pay、salary、wage 或 income。

1. He earns an annual ______________ of about

$50,000.

2. His weekly _____________ is about $2,000.

3. Together with the special bonus, he has a total