2.
In view of the foregoing remarks, I respect-
fully submit that, my salary was, and the pension now awarded is out of all proportion to the services I ren- dered to the Government, as I am now awarded a pension at ordinary rates without any regard to the clauses whereby
higher grants are made I consider this most unfair.
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My pension at present awarded is £200 per annum,
less 4% contribution to the Widows' and Orphans' fund.
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May I ask if Mr.Secretary Harcourt considers the
above as adequate remuneration for a competent professional
man, who has carried out the principal Government buildings
in Hongkong under most trying conditions as well as many
works of less magnitude!
It seems strange to my mind that the Government
of Hongkong can even lose funds, as pointed out in previous
letters, amounting to $239,782.19 and then ignore a just
claim for services rendered by one who has done his utmost
to prevent and minimize such loss.
3. With respect to clause 5, I much regret that
Mr Secretary Harcourt cannot agree that I have performed
special services altogether in excess and beyond the usual
scope of those which I was paid to perform, within the
meaning of the Pension regulations, nor that I should be
regarded as having received an injury specifically attribut-
able to the nature of my duty, and consequently eligible
for an increased rate of pension on that ground.
I submit that my letters re the New Post Office
Buildings as well as the New Law Courts Building clearly
demonstrate that I have performed very special services
to the Government, and further that no salary can ade-