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this connection it may be pertinent to
remark that similar (though not such
acute) difficulties have, in the past,
been encountered in connection with the
recruitment of candidates for the
Education Departments in Malaya where
the salaries (Time Scale $400
$800 a month equivalent to £560
maj
$25A -
$35
fl120, with a fair proportion of
-
attractive "super scale" posts, and
with temporary allowances of 10% on
salary for unmarried, and 20% for
married officers) are (at any rate on
paper) distinctly more attractive than
the salaries in liong Kong.
10. The "uncertainty hanging over
British subjects in China", if it has
in certain cases acted as a deterrent,
may be regarded as a transi tory
influence. I do not attach much weight
tothis. I am convinced that the
fundamental causes militating against
successful recruitment are to be found
in the points enumerated in paragraph 8
above.