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SALARY COMMISSION PROPOSALS.
RISE IN HIGH COST OF LIVING.'
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The question of pensions was not, In 1993 certain rent allowances in fact, referred to the Commission, were granted after 10 years' ser although the effect of the report,vice. broadly speaking is that if exchange Let 11. now consider broadly, is in the neighbourhood of 2/-, to what the Commissions have recom confer benents ön
mended. sterling em- ployees, in respect of pensions and leave pay only
I am not suggesting that the pre- sent adequacy of pensions is not ripe for enquiry, but that they were, according to my reading, not within the terms of reference, or if they were, that the field covered by the commissioners were not sufficiently wide..
In considering the report, there i are four broad principles we should not lose sight of, and which the commissioners appear to have kept in mind when arriving at the de-1 cisions they did:
(1) That exchange was likely to remain in the neighbourhood of 2/-, because in paragraph" 7 of the report, they say, the dollar is now a little under 2/- and there is some probability that it will remain in the region of 2/4"
(2) The recommendation of the second 15 per cent. for,.mar- ried officers and 73 per cent, for unmarried officers, being a high cost of living allow- anee, was to be payable either wholly, partly, or not at all, at the discretion of the Gov- ernment (see paragraph 12 of the report).
(3) In fixing sterling salaries they did not intend to give to an officer more dollars than.. he was then getting, because in paragraph 13 of the Report they say, we have endea- voured to retain to an officer the number of dollars he is at present drawing."
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(4) That as regards dollar salaried" officers, they intended to give: them an all round increase of 20 per cent., and this is so stated in paragraph 14 of the Report.
Before dealing with the recom mendations of the Commissioners, we should consider the position of Government salaries at the prescat time.'
(1) Sterling officers are paid on the basis, authorised after the 1010 Salaries. Commission had delivered its report, gou- verted at 12 to the £, plus an allowance of per cent. per penny as the sterling ex- change drops from 2/6 down
When considering Government salaries, one must bear in mind certain advantages they receive anch as pensions, passages for themselves and family," housing or rent allowance, préférential rates for medical service, continuity of employment, safety of employment and protection against arbitrary dis. missal
I will now give some comparisons between the Commissioners' recom- mendations, present Government salaries, and outside employment.
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CASH SWEEP TICKET No. 400. **SECOND RACE-SEVENTA
EXTRA RACE MEETING, 1929.
(1) To sterling officers, the nominal salaries fixed after the 1919 Commission, plus 1 per cent, plus a further 15 per cent. as a high cost of. living allowance in respect of murried officers, 'and 71 per cent. for unmarried officers, convertible at the rate of the „day, which, if granted in toto, would mean an increase everHE Above Ticket which was par. the nominal salaries of 321 CET, Having Been Reported LOST. chased by ML FUNG WAN- per cent, in respect of mar- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ried officers and say 18-per
unless the said Ticket is produced to cent. for unmarried officers on
me Within ONE MONTH From THIS 2/- basis,
DATE, All Rights under such Tcket
all become Aull & Void..
By Order,
It should here be noted, that the second 13 per cent. and 7 per cent., ie., the high cost of living allowance, discre tionary in the Government- that is to say it can be given in toto, in part or not at all, if the Government so 'desire. The Commission recommended that the first 15 per cent. should be taken into account for leave and pensions, where- as at the present time, leave and pensions are calculated on the nominal salary only. (2) To dollar officers, a 20 per cent, all round increase, on the basis autherised after the 1919 Salaries Commission had delivered its report. (3) The housing provision or rent allowance as at present exist- ing are generally approved; there are, however, certain re commendations in respect of the dollar officers who have not had 10 years' service, and are referred to in paragraph 180 of the report.
Generally, an officer gets housing accommodation, on the basis of per cent. of his salary and 1 per cent, for furniture, or an allowance, which in the case of aterling officers works out from 8100 to $200 per month. The Report of the Com- missioners must now be viewed from two aspects.
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(1) The recommendations in res- pect of the sterling ofcers, and (2) The recommendations in res pect of the dollar officers.
As regard (1) the sterling officers. The exchange has act remained at to 10 in respect of married, but something which was not officers, and 1 per cent. for farceeen by any one has happened unmarried officers, that is to exchange has dropped to the neigh- "say, with a maximum of 18 bourhood of 1/6, A fall of no less per cent. and 9 per cent., re than 25 per cent.-the Commission spectively, which means an visualised an exchange of about 2/-, the nominal and did not intend to give to an salaries of 34.4 per cent. on officer more dollars than he is reconversion in respect of mar- already drawing, but on the basis ried officers, and 27.2 per cent. of conversion recommended, he gets for unmarried oficers, on tif- the full benefit of the drop, which basis.
was not contemplated,
increase
over
to
C. B. BROWN,
Secretary.
Hong Kong, 18th June, 1937, [9553
G.
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PUBLIC AUCTION.
PARTIOLA Public Austion DARTICULARS & CONDITIONS to be held on MONDAY, the 23RD DAT of JUNE, 1930, at st the Offices of the Public Works
Order Department, by
of Ha EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, of One Lot of CROWN LAND at Bate Street, Mong Kok Tsui, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at i Crown Rent the fixed by the Surveyor of Bre Mazzart as Kiro, for one further term
of 75 years.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Boundary:
Kowloon Inland Lot
No. 9342.
At junction of Bute Strocl, Fa Yuen Strest,
and Sai Yeo Street
of Hale.
Registry No.
Locality.
1
"G.
Measure.
ments.
As
per
sale plan
8,840
15,912”
Contents in
Anuusl
Rental,
Bquare feet.
Upset Prica.
About
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DARTICULARS & CONDITIONS
of the Sale by Public Pretion
be held on MONDAY, the 23RD DAY of JUNE, 1930, at 3 7.x., at the Offices The Rise in E.C.L.
of the Public Works Department," by Now, I do not think anyone will Order of His EXCELLENCY THX GOTZANOL, argue
that the cost of living has of One Lot of CROWN LAND at risen to anything like the extent Tang Chol Street, Mong Kok Tsui, in the dollar has fallen, in other the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term words an officer will receive, under of 75 years, with the option of renewal the report, dollars substantially in at a Grown Rent to be fixed by the exceas of any rise in the cost of Surveyor of His MAJESTY THE KING, to an extent the Commission did living, so that the officer will benefit for one further term of 75 years. not intend.
It should here be noted that since the Commission deliver- ed its report, the Finance) Committee were approached by the Government, and asked to extend the exchange com- pensation scale down to 1/6, so as to assist them over 4 period of uncertainty,. which the Finance Committee, agreed, but as a temporary measure only, and subject to
Let us now take a concrete case any decision that might be come to, in zeferetice to the of an officer, who is entitled to Report. It was not the inten- salary of £1,000 per annum. tion of the Finance Committee At the present time on the basis to make this permanent, and of a dollar he will receive they were not prepared to $1,120 per month and with his treat it even as a high cost maximum exchange compensation of living allowance. They had is $1,180 per month-his exchange. not then considered the re- compensation is worth 860 per port, and this decision was a month to him. Under the report, temporary one only, and was on the basis of 2/-, he will get not intended to bind them 81,109 per month-in fact he loses **permanently in any way, but $18 per month, whilst if exchange merely to aasist the Govern. is 1/0 he will get $1,460 per month,
or an increase of 8280 per month. ment out of a temporary dif fieuls situation, that had, then It might be fairly argued that the Commissioners intended to give. arisen.
him $18 per month less than he is at present drawing, but the drop in exchange will give him a rise of 8289 per month.
(2) Dollar officers are paid on the basis authorised after the 1918 Salaries Commission had de livered its report, and were settled from time to time dur ing the years 1920, and 1921.
It is not possible to give any satisfactory idea" of what the increases, either sterling or dollar, amounted to, as the information has never been in my hands.
The Halcyon Years,«
If the report is adopted, less the second 15 per cent., he would get $1,277 per month, or an increase of $175 per month,
If I am correct in my submission- that the question of pensions was not within the terms of reference, and should be dealt with in a dif- ferent manner then I arrive at the conclusion that for practical It is, I think, fair to assume they purposes the basis of the report, were on a generous scale. The as regards sterling officers, has years, 1810, 1920 and 1821 were gone, and some very substantially haleyon years-I think withous amended formula ought to be adopt- doubt the most prosperous period in ed.
the Colony's history-many of us As regard (2) the dollar officers. will remember those days of pro- In the first place we do not know sperity, the fat balance sheet, and what was the actual result of the the overflowing, banking accounts. 1919 Commission, but we are inclin- The average rate of exchange for ed think it was possibly generous. the year 1919 was 3/0.7-16; for 1920 On the face of the report under 4/3.11-16; and for 1021 2/7.7-18. It review, the Commissioners recom- was a period when generosity was mend an all round increase of 20 the order of the day; and it was per cent. on the results of the 1010 not until 1023 that this artificial Salaries Commission
The dollar officers cover a great situntian subsided, rather more quieldy than was pleasant, to be range of employment, and it is in full med to the dangale at 7985 misthaan alangan, that the main fange..
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Registry
N
Adjoining Kowloon Inland
Locality.
Tung Choi Street,
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Kowloon Inland Lot
No. 2343.
Lot No. 2313,
L
Boundary
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