Enclosure 1.
The Honourable,
The Colonial Secretary.
Sir,
Hong Kong.
8th October, 1926.
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We, the undersigned, junior cadets of the
Hong Kong Civil Service, have the honour to address you
on the subject of the scale of salary of Fassed Cadets,
and without prejudice to the claims of other officers,
we shall be much obliged if you will kindly place the
following facts and recommendations before His
Excellency the Governor for his favourable consideration.
We can be regarded as a distinct group in
the Cadet Service as we were appointed after examination
under the revised scheme which was inaugurated in 1921.
Further, the existing scale of salaries for the Hong
Kong Cadet Service has only been in operation since
1920. The ex-war cadets have been granted certain
salary concessions. It is only we who by experience
are qualified to speak of the working of the existing
scale of salaries so far as it affects one's early
years of service.
We would suggest an amendment to that scale
on four grounds.
(1) Comparison with India and the grouped Crown
Colonies, appointments to which are made as
result of the one examination.
In addition to the lesser scope for an
officer in Hong Kong, and the fewness of the first class posts to which he may hope to rise, there is the
fact that the initial salaries (and by initial we mean
the salaries for the first five years of service) in
Hong Kong, by unfavourable comparison, are little
likely to attract the best men to this Colony.
A comparative table of the salaries in