No 170.
Ausd 195
6 JUL 1927
Sir,
30163
RECEIVED
114MAY 1927
COL. OFFICE
6
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG,
7th April, 1927.
I have the honour to transmit a petition
for revision of their salaries from the eight Junior
Cadet Officers of the Hong Kong Civil Service not including
the 1926 1927 recruits.
2.
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The argument based up on the salary - scales
obtaining in other Crown Colonies and in India appears to
me fallacious. Many factors besides mere salary go to
make up the attractions of a service. And if Hong Kong
has been unable to recruit her full quota of Cadets, Malaya
which is one of the Colonies contrasted by petitioners,
has been even less successful.
3.
Similarly the comparison between the Cadets and other branches of the Hong Kong Service appears to me
superficial. If the former start at a disadvantage, they
end with a great advantage. The highest non-cadet post
in the Education department has a maximum of £1,100. The
maximum for Medical Officers excluding the Principal Civil
Medical Officer is £1,000 and for Engineers the same, and
apart from the post of Director there are only four posts
in the Public Works Department rising to £1,200. Cadet
Officers if reasonably efficient rise by annual increments
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,
&C..
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