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COPY.
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sir,
ENCLOSURE.
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Police Office,
Hongkong, 8th. May, 1901.
My attention has recently been drawn to
the fact that under the Police Pension Rules in force in
Singapore the value of free quarters is considered as part of
the salary for the purpose of computing pensions. The rule
reads as follows.-
*III. In calculating any pension, account will be
taken of any allowances in lieu of rations (exclusive of
those drawn by wives and children) or other advantages,
such as free quarters, but not of the value of uniform
clothing."
TATT
I am informed that in practice 1/6
of a man's salary is added on for the value of free quarters, a practice which would be in conformity with Rule II (2) of the Civil Pension Kinute, as I have no doubt that in Singapore as in this Colony, the actual value of the quarters is more than 1/6 of the salaries. Hitherto in computing Police Pensions in this Colony no allowance has been made in respect of the value of free quarters while in other respects our Rules are practicsily identical with those of Singapore, With the com- paratively high salaries on which our men usually retire we
The Honourable
The Acting Colonial Secretary,
cannot
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