Records of complaint
and? add that even
if
it was not expressly communicated
offer in his position must be expected to know the Rules of the
law
[?]
some
o
such
subject.
doubt this point, since 512 (1) of Pension
Minute perhaps requires that the conditions should be explicitly
stated to the retiring officer]
Sir W. Hamilton
W Lucas
G. G.J
10/8
I expect Mr Ng knew what he was about
we had better enquire as to
I think
Johnson
? whether It ng is correct in stating that he has severed all his commercial connections,
in view of the permission granted him to draw his bonus of 5% and of the large profits of the business in which he was
engaged at the time of his re-employment by Govt.
AFW 11/3.
I don't think he has made out a
case,
exquire as proposed
19
better
Ask as proposed but say that he does not appear to have valid ground for complaint
5 at once
No.
164.
176
20014
Government House,
Hong Kong, July, 1899.
Sir,
I have the honour to transmit to you the
enclosed memorial addressed to you by Mr. Ng-Kwai-Shang, 2nd,
Clerk in the Magistracy of this Colony.
2. In 1895 the memorialist was retired on a
pension, consequent on the abolition of his office. The pension
however, was a temporary one, and conditional on the Government
failing to find any future use for Mr. Ng's services. This was
clearly stated on his pension paper, a certified true copy of
which is enclosed.
3.
During his temporary retirement the memorialist entered into commercial business, and became the partner
of a firm in which he sank a certain amount of irredeemable capital.
4. In 1897 the Government recalled Mr. Ng to
its service, and as Civil Service Regulations do not permit of
its officers taking pecuniary interest in commercial undertakings,
Mr. Ng found himself faced by the alternative of forfeiting his pension or relinquishing his commercial pursuits.
5.
The Right Honourable
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,
&c. &c. &c.