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representation by the Director of Education of the urgent need for an increase in the Staff at Queen's College, he was trans- -ferred there. As Mr. James had been in enjoyment of free quarters at the Kowloon British School he was compensated for the loss thereof by the grant of a personal allowance of 860.
In paragraph 2 of their letter the
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writers argue that since they were appointed to Queen's College and not to the Education Department they felt justifi- -ed in supposing that vacancies which occurred above them in the College would be filled by Masters originally appointed to
the College, and not by so-called "out-siders". They consider
that this hope has been dispelled by Mr. James' appointment to the College, and that the chances of promotion of Masters on
a lower grade than he, have thus been lessened; a hardship
which is emphasized by the grant of a personal allowance to Mr. James. This constitutes the first ground for complaint and the answer to it is, that the writers lodged no protest either
prior to or at the time of the fusion of the College with the
Education Department (an amalgamation which had long been in
view) and that Mr. James has occupied no post at Queen's
College which before his appointment was open to a Queen's
College