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Report.
71. The following particulars of remunera- tion in Universities in Great Britain are of in- terest and give the average salary for the various grades:-
Total number in
Professors
Great Britain.
842
73.
Average
Salary.
£1,094 etc.
Further it is perhaps justifiable to point out that Hong Kong does not obtain and, in fact, does not require the University pro- fessor of such exceptional academic attainments as might claim emoluments on the scale paid for the leading professorial posts in the United
Kingdom.
Resolutions of Senate and Faculties.
not provide for retirement or support of depend- ents on a scale at all comparable with the provi- sion that is made for public servants in the Colony.
(a) That the Senate points out with regard to the figures offered for comparison from Univer- sity salaries at Home, that under pressure from His Majesty's Treasury Commissioners the policy of regarding £1,000 per annum as a minimum for all professorial posts is now accepted in Great Britain.
(b) That the comparison between University salaries at Home and in Hong Kong is rendered misleading by the fact that the Committee here omits to take account of the recognized principle of expatriation allowance.
(c) That the real question at issue is the appropriate amount of such allowance.
(d) That a due measure of what is appro- priate can be obtained by a comparison of repre- sentative salaries in governmental, professional, business and other employment in Hong Kong with analogous salaries at Home.
That the Senate is unable to understand the intention of the concluding sentence in para. 73 and feels bound to point out that it must inevit- ably give offence and become a most effective deterrent to satisfactory recruiting.
Resolutions of Council.