HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT, 1953
quent revision of the method of calculating the cost of living allowance, persuaded Government that the time had come to appoint a Salaries Commission. The last Salaries Commission sat in 1947. Dr. D. J. Sloss, formerly Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong, and Chairman of the 1947 Com- mission, accepted the Governor's invitation to be Chairman of the Commissioners and arrived in the Colony on 2nd November, 1953. He is assisted by Mr. C. E. Terry and Mr. R. C. Lee. The hearings were in progress but nearing completion at the end of the year and it is expected that the Commission will report in March.
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