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Eastern No. 118.
Sound Editima
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2801/1912-
HONG KONG CADETSHIPS.
1. With the view of supplying the Civil Service of Hong Kong, Cadetships have been established, the holders of which are required to devote themselves for a certain time after their arrival in the East to learning a dialect of Chinese and to acquiring a knowledge of Government business.
2. The Cadets, who must be natural-born British subjects of pure European descent on both sides, are selected by open competitive examination* held by the Civil Service Commissioners, to whom all inquiries on the subject should be addressed.
The examination for these appointments will, as a rule, be held in the month of August, in those years in which vacancies have occurred, simultaneously with the examination for the Civil Service of India. Candidates must be between the ages of 22 and 24 on the first day of August in the year in which the examination is held.
3. Cadets will be expected to leave England about a month after the date on which they have been finally selected for appointment.
4. Each Cadet will receive salary at the rate of £225 per annum, half salary to commence from the day of leaving England, and full salary from the date of his arrival in the Colony. A Cadet receives a house allowance of 540 dollars a year. A free passage to the Colony will be provided for the Cadet, subject to an undertaking to refund the cost of his passage in the event of his relinquishing the appointment within three other reason than mental or physical infirmity.
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5. Every Cadet on arrival in Hong Kong will be subject to any regulations as to Cadets (not inconsistent with this paper) which may from time to time be made by the Government of the Colony, including regulations as to examinations in Chinese, &c. Cadet who has passed such examinations is paid at the rate of £300 per annuni until he obtains a substantive appointment. Should a Cadet remain three years, after passing his examinations, without obtaining a substantive appointment, his salary will be increased to £350.
6. A Cadet will be liable to be dismissed if at any time his progress in his studies or his conduct shall be considered by the Government to be so unsatisfactory as to render such a course desirable. The Government will decide, having regard to the ground of dismissal, whether the Cadet shall be sent home at the public expense or shall be left to find his own way home.
7. Subject to the necessities of the service, leave of absence on half salary may be granted after a period of ix years' resident service without any special grounds. It be given before the expiration of that period in cases of serious indisposition or of urgent may private affairs. In the absence of special grounds, the leave in such case must not exceed one-sixth of the officer's resident service; on special grounds it may exceed that period by six months. In addition to the above, vacation leave on full pay may be granted, if no inconvenience or expense is caused thereby, not exceeding three months in any two years.
8. The present rule as to superannuation is that in the case of ill-health an officer may be allowed to retire on a pension after ten full years' resident service; otherwise he must have attained the age of 55. For ten tull years' resident service fifteen-sixtieths of the average annual salary of the retiring officer's fixed appointment for the three years prior to retirement may be awarded, to which one-sixtieth may be added for each additional year's service; but no addition will be made in respect of any service beyond 35 years. For pension purposes absence on vacation leave counts as full service, and leave on half-pay as half service.
9. A deduction of 4 per cent. is made from the salaries of all Cades as a contribution towards the pensions of the widows and orphans of Public Officers.
* A separate paper is issued by the Civil Service Commission, containing information in regard to the examination.
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