CO129-419 - Individuals - 1914 — Page 231

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In view of the foregoing remarks, I respectfully submit that my salary was, and the pension now awarded is out of all proportion to the services I rendered 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.

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.

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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 attributable 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 adequately...