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since the transfer are no concern of the Hong Kong Government and
are in no way under that Government.
The fact that such clerks are as a matter of
convenience paid out of Hong Kong Funds and that the amount
is afterwards recovered from money in hand from the Agencies
on a transfer does not make these persons Government servants.
There is therefore no means whereby these person could be
compelled or even permitted to subscribe to the Hong Kong Widows'
and Orphans' Fund.
All persons appointed since the transfer have been
informed that they will not be entitled to pension or to any
compensation if unfit for further service.
It would however be quite impossible to carry out such
a decision for no Government could allow one of its servants
who had done good work to be chucked out to starve. It will.
in practise be found necessary to give some compensation
in lieu of pension to the public servant on his retirement or
to his widow in the event of his death.
It would appear to be reasonable that a man on retirement
after good and meritorious service should receive a bonus of
one month's pay in respect of each year of his service and that
a widow, in the event of an officer dying while still in the
service should receive a bonus at the rate of one months pay
for each three years' service.
I have the honour to be,
Sir.
Your obedient Servant,
(Sgd) S. B. C. Ross.
Postmaster General,
and.
DRAFT.
THE SECRETARY
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sir,
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Downing Street,
26 June, 1918.
I am directed by Mr Secretary
Long to acknowledge the receipt of your
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letter No.164024/17 of the 25th of May re-
members of garding a proposal that the staff of the British Post Office Agencies in China should be required to contribute under the Hong Kong Tidows' and Orphans' Pensions Scheme.
2. I am to request you to infom the
Teneral
persons Postmaster/that these stata appear to
fall into 5 classes:-
(A) Those formerly in the Hong Kong Tr
service who were transferred on the 1st of
January 1911 to the Imperial Service, and mrozushe 22/6718 who are already contributors to the Scheme.
A.J.Harding
Mr.
Mr.
Collins
Mr.
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Mr. Grindla
Mr. Lambert
Mr. Read.
Sir G. Fiddes.
Mr. Hewins,
Afr. Fang.
H.Kong Ordinance 15/08
1913 Revision .Kong Ordinance 21/14
No question appears to arise as to this class, as they presumably remain contribu- tors as transferred officers.
(F) Persons in the same position as Class (A) except that they have never become contributors, having elected not to do so. While it would be possible by legislation to compel these to contribute, a provision in a Hong Kong Ordinance to that effect would probably be ultra vires, and an Order- in-Council would be necessary as well as an amendment of the Hong Kong Ordinance to
render them admissible as contributors. But, so for as my Long is
in nc Colony has it ever been rađe
compulsory
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The Secretary,
General Post Office,
LONDON.