Enclosure No. 5. to Four Despatch H: From
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PARTICULARS of the Office now vacant at the
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in the Colony of Hong Kong.
Duties of office, and qualifications required for their performance.
Government Medical Department. EC2
Assistant Health Officer for the Port
The duties of the office are those of an assistant Health Officer for the Port and will be specified on his arrival. Qualifications:- He must be a doubly qualified registered Medical Practitioner, one holding a Diploma in Public Health to be preferred.
Salary and emoluments, and whether secured by a permanent law.
$3600 a year rising to $4200 by triennial increment of $300: with Compensation, this means that half of his salary is paid at the rate of 3/- to the dollar. He will be in the permanent staff.
Other circumstances affecting the value of the office.
Nature, number, and amount of securities required, and mode of furnishing them.
Quarters will be provided or in lieu thereof house allowance at the rate of $80 a month.
He will not be allowed private practice, and must devote the whole of his time to Government.
None.
Whether any, and if any, what provision is made from public funds for the passage from this country, elsewhere, of the persons sent to fill the office.
A first-class passage out to the Colony similar to that granted to Government Medical Officers appointed from England.
Acts or Ordinances making provision respecting any of the above matters, and especially respecting permanency of the emoluments, the particulars of the security required, with references to the section in which such provision is contained.