365
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Police
and readily enlist in the ofor the sake of the higher Pensions .
As for the Chinese, 25 years service cannot be regarded
as excessive when
it is considered that the
men are all either natives
of the
of Hongkong or of -neighbouring province.
With regard
regard to
4.
the second recommendation,
I cannot regard it as reasonable to place
Indians
and
and Chinese on
the
same
-footing as regards the~ climatic bonus with Europeans, and. I do not consider that
the branches of the Police Force which would be affected by the withdrawal of the privilege would be rendered less efficient, or
the service to
any
detrimental
extent less popular.
I would add that
the difficulty
in mas
making
а
difference in this respect
between