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point
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have already dealt with,
and I need not
vane/
go
over the
ground again. As to
the former, the paragraphs
are mis...a di
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nineading
20
far
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to imply that I
of opinion that the
civil service proper is generally overpaid. I have never expressed
that opinion, and I do not
hold it. On the contrary
unable to see
Jam
contrary any sufficient
reason for paying
the Members
of the Executive Council, for
Hongkong where,
for example, the cost of living
is much
higher than at Singapore or Colombo, lower rates of salary
than those drawn by the corresponding Members of Council
in the Straits Settlements
Ceylon. The only apparent ex-ception is the Attorney General
and it must be remembered
that he is debarred from
private practice in Hongkong
I may further state that it
strikes me
as anomalous!