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addressed to me
by the
the
subordinate officers of Hong Kong Police Force, praying
that leave of absence
may
be allowed to count towards
pension
2.
I have not been
able to ascertain why it was that, when the existing Police Leave Regulations were
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framed
in 1879, and subsequently,
when the period of
reckoning for pension
from
extended
service to
was
10 to 15 years, it
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it was stipulated that leave
should not be calculated as
actual service towards
obtaining a pension.
J.
I brought the
Petition before the Executive Council on the 13th instant,
when it was unanimously agreed
"that the Secretary of
State should be informed
that it is advisable that the
Police should be encouraged to
take their furlough, as being
beneficial for the interests
of
the