THE first big test of the Government's plan to impose a 1.5%pay curb

in the public sector comes this week. Officials fromfive unions

representing 160,000 administrative, clerical, andother staff in the

health service will challenge the pay ceilingwhen they meet employers on

Wednesday to submit theirclaim for a substantial rise. Mr Paul Marks,

health officer forNalgo, said: ''We shall be totally ignoring the 1.5%

figure.