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FOREIGN SHIPPING IN
IN CHINA
Prospects For 1948 "Not Very Bright" Tathay Pacific
Tonnage Drop In Shanghai
Shanghal, Jan. 4.
Shipping circles said today that foreign shipping dropped off 50 percent during the past year in the port of Shanghai, once one of the most flourishing ports in the world, "and prospects for the coming year are not very bright." Business circles also reported that they could see no overall progres in the port and although there have been improvements these have been largely offset by other developments which continue to harass the already bewilder- ed businessmen here. Shipping
generally lack." one source told the Unit- blame the drastic slump in for-rd Press.
Tram And Dockyard Workers In Fight
Pandemonium reigned in Des Voeux Road outside the Dairy Farm at about & o'clock last evening when a dispute among two Chinese passengers and tramway drivers and
conductors developed into a first-class fight."
The trouble started when a trom from Shaukiwan broke down at Causeway Bay and the passengers were told to board the tram In front.
Two Chinese dockyard workers became Involved in a diapule with the motorman of the second tram over boarding the car which finally erupted in vlalence when the tram reached the stop outside the Dairy Farm.
The fight spread to the street and Involved some 20 con- ductors and 'molormen, as well os passengers.
A long line of blocked tram-cars and motor traffle reach-
ed as far as the Hong Kong Bank while the street was jam- med with pedestrians anxious to get in on the fun.
After a fight lasting some 15 minutes the central figures in the dispute were taken to Central Police Station.
Government Allowances
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We understand that offers an dul-
jal allowance, a non-pencionable good conduct allowance should be paid to the rank and file of the Police Force up to the rank of vergeant.
Good
im shipping on the stringent In contrast to the decrease in Chines
Government import foreign shipping, Chinese ship. and export regulations and on ping increased at least 60 per- the fact that foreign shipplog | cent, acerding .to official it allowed in Chinge in figures, This, however, jends
and waterways, .
to benefit the relatively unim The eet of inland shipping|portant. Chinese commerce and w is a bach tlust most car-layed no significant part in sare consigned to Shanghai | Bettering the overall world on further. Sources said economy of Chinn, a local fin. That foreign læsinessmen are ancha observer crined. semdinge very little that WIN "With some exceptions." this ar salaries were nor any dis grant-
rmerly marked for China's peer said. "increased Chinese pay war taktoplar conduct allowances would be payable
officers on sterling style, Any Interior.
shippiner does not represent ai
Hitherbies
and could be withdrawn at any time. Cargo pilføring, which last | significant bid fir a place in the previously experiment at the discretion of the Cammissioner
will disappear D) one re Chi segard
if the Commissioner considered that melation is accepted that alt was no longer merited. We recom basic salaries should be expressed in men a rate of $3 per month for
Tou Kong dollars. We further un Oficial figures show That
every three years of guod erstand that it is dillicult to apply subject to more than 5,000 Chinese shipshe acting pay rates in cases whier months.
a maximum of $9 entered and left Shanghai dur the salary scales of two grades over- ing 1947, while less than 1,000ap and an officer in the lower gende
Police Allowances foreign ship made it
We recommend the abolition n pert who is called upon to act in the high-
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allowances instructors
and of call.
is already Of the foreign vessels ter grade
Teachers and instructors allowances
year this time was one of the Tiggest horrors to foreign ship- Geng and which sent insuranes been re- tes sky high, has doved to alnust nothing due imarily to the very effective Bureau and police
+ustoms work.
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In view of the improved scales wo
Pilfering Shipping men while pointing
that petty pilfering ne
*irritating" alm of personal effects, give considerable credit to the Cus-
Bureau for stamping out | go pilferage, which had n remendous post-war i paurg: in port was Ra congested that Superintendent, he would fot at Pacific ports. Last year ships frequently had to wait
157 were British and 65 Am-higher than the minimum erican, the next largest number higher grade. The present salary of are recommending for the
the Chief Officer, Prisus Depart. bring 72 Norwegian ships.
E$50 to ment,
700 per annum ant the minimum salary of the Assistant Superintendens of. Prisous is £50.|.2" per annum. Although the Chief Of liver would have additional evspon time the sihilies while neting as Assistan
Assista
While foreign shipping decreased, the physical plant of the port of Shanghai has made visible progress.
at this
Last year
eligible for any acting pay under the provisions of General Onter 98 (2) (a)-
It was enmpletely out of con ng week or two before facili- The salary scheme we are rei
tol in Shanghai and Manila. ties were available for them to
However, shipping companies | enter,
tent out. that the "ex- This year the port facilities chitan" lighternge charges have increased by almost one hich plagued them last year third, even though shipping is ontinue without much hope for not heavy enough to Use the "reasonable" rates.
additional docks and buoys, The newest development in United Press. The chain of circumstances, i
which foreign shipping and Arms Leave
business circles complain, al- ways appear to make stable
business transactions as excep. For China
tions rather than the rule in China, is the increase in pilut- age tariffs of more than 200 percent.
contending will involve in certain
Police Force, and because, in our spines,
ting as an instructor to hould be part of the normal duties Police officer. We recommend
hi detective the retentium of
allowance and in addition the grant of гел vonatile allowance in lieu of uniform to Palice in the Detective Branch varying with the cost of clothing..
Outfit Allowance
cases overlapping between grades } While we consider it
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reasonable and we recommend that where at that Gavernment should supply tree officer in
uniform or an allowance in licu to Jower grade sets in higher grade for thirty days
conflicers who are required to finanusly and during the time in uniform of duty, we see no justifica- the opinion of the Government has tion for the continuance of the definitely increased responsibilities, cently instituted grant of an outfit but at present ineligible under allowance of £60 to overseas officers General Order 90 (Z) (a) for any on first appointment.
acting pay, specific rates of acting
I pay should be devised and laid down,) Chinese New Year Bonus
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Family Allowance
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We have received strung repre- sentations from several Heads Departments and from the European Vancouver, Jan. 4.
The General Orders defining the Civil Servants' Council that a system Aring valued at $1,200,000 left
children's allowances of family or which overtime here for China today in the conditions under
should be instituted. We appreciate 7.00 0-ton Canadian vessel nay be paid appear to be ieces-ILUG
that married officers with children Another Straw Okanagan after an 11-day dis-sarily vague and to require redraft- that The increased rates, one ship- pute between the ship's owners. Although the entire time of pub-are the most hardly hit by the present ping executive said, will force the Federal Labour Department fic officers is stated to be at the dis. high cost of living and have given
and the Canadian Seamen'sposal of Government, General Order there
most careful hipping companies to raise
hese representations
We find Union had been settled +heir rates at
when night.
last 102 states that payment for overtime consideration. a time
may be made in special cases which however, unable in recommend. hipping to and from Shang-] The union sald that it would fall outside the ordinary discretion proposal for a permanent system bai is almost prohibitively seek life insurance and hospital of the head of a Department. family allowances such as has been
in force for some care for crew from the Federal attempt is pale to define the small.
yours in Malaya. It is expected here that authorities "because of the danger dinary discretion of a Head of Dr.We consider that under normal cit
involved to life and limb in sail-partiment. We recommend the adop differentiate between
public service [cumstances a protest against the pilotage ing this type of cargo."
the rates of tion of the following principles: Entes will he lodged with the It was expected that six other
remuneration of its servants accord- United States Consulate
(i) Payment of overtime
Every The may nu would clear the he claimed as of right, because the io their family status. The effect on businessmen. por! as soon as the controversy whole time of public servants is at
salary scale must visualise and make Particularly larger foreign com- had been finally settled,
the service of the Government,
some provision for officets, marrying anies which find it nearly im- The details of last night's
and raising families, and in framing (it) Sotwithstanding (i) above
aur recommendations we have possible
the China settlement have not so far been the payment of avertime to make
may he
that during the course of banches of their firms pay
China recently made a deal for nade at the rates from time to time
officers
eligible instructions from Kuperior oflicer have worked for more than forty-eight hours in any ne week and where the Heart of ance to Government servants with Department certifies that such ditional work was necessary.
their
similar vessels
released.
own way, will be just over £2,000,000 worth of Canad-therefor un
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We are of the opinion that assis
adchildren should be part of a general social service scheme designed benefit the community as a whole and not merely that small section pay-
the
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(iji), Overtime will not be able to the following categories of Government inetf. We were impress
community which is
ich is employed by
officers:-
and senior executive
(a) Professional, administrative by representations from members and technical of the Junior Clerical Service and others regarding the heavy cost of education. We cannot, of course, re departments cali
the special privileges for
officers.
(b) Officers
in
con-
where continuous duty is ensured children of Government servants a system of shifts and where time-off this connexion, but, although such * is given in compensation for hours recommendation is not strictly with- worked in excess of forty-eight hours.
In our terms of reference, we sug- in any one week.
gest that
idee the provision of free primary
Government should estocation for the children of permanent Hong Kong residents and of generous assistance towards the secondary education of such children. Specialist Allowances
tiel Overtime will be payable at the rate of one hundredth of an of ficer's
r's monthly basic salary per hour approved
overtime worked, sub jeet to 4 maximum hourly rate $6 per hour..
al.
We do not consider that sta re- criving Chinese, New Year Bonus should be excluded from the receipt of payments for overtime. We re comment that Chinese New Year bonus should be retained, but should not be extended beyond the classes covered by the present General Or der,
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It is in the public interest that, with proper safeguards, the speciallit knowledge of certain members of the Medical Department should be, at the a of private practitioners: it seemor reasonable to us that Government has a claim to fees earned for
their work. The present arrangement
by which the fees are shared the Government and the
specialist
Previous Experience Several Heads of Departments have represented to us that a system seems to us to be open to abuse by who wishes materially to should be laid down whereby due ay man credit in given to the valor
ofpplement his Infame. Nevertheless
such consultative work Previous
experience in fixing a new de
us to be outside the funcions
for entrant's point of entry on apar ricular scale. While we agree that which the specialist was appoloted. special experience may merit the and that he reasonably might ask
he should receive some
grant of
certain number of In that crements above the
of of muneration for the exercise paint entry on a scale, we are of opinion kill. To obviate the possibility
and toʻgive a man anone-- re- that the value of experience varies
ward for extra-contractual work we
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of
of
16 greatly that each case should be would propose that the Government
based on the its merits:
the alternative of should consider... Medal Allowances
paying's bonus or honorarium based
i ̈view “of the substantial litcrense on, the firgited - ansount of private. Trial 20 Guit, 27 Huram. * 16, baile salary which we have re- consultative work that a specialint Down:--Z Rebel, 3.Throb, 24 commended · für; the rank and file of should be permittest jo, do, and, that Acrom:~1. Crater, 7 Elan, 19 Report 3 Bedilen, & Fale 6 La- the Police Force, we recommend the all the fees for such wark should' be Amber, 10 Padal, 11 Tem; 18 De- lerg;::12 - Mimber--13---Dufer." -14 abolition of medel -- allowance but odleciyd by the officer of the how- liberate, 15 Iron, 18 Fire, 10 In- Identify, 17-Final7:18 Trench, 10 favour a propontle by the Commly-pplist, to which be fi-atunched and ordinate, 28. Rant, 24 Balms, ~25 - Inter, 21. Amlan, #3 Abut, paner | iloayr of Police that instead of med- paid. Ints, the Testbury,
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