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included by Ordinance 5 of 1921, but difficulties
have been experienced in practice. The 1921
amendment was intended primarily to include
Prison officers who are engaged on special
long term agreements. These are now specially
provided for and there is, therefore, no need
to object to this proposed amendment.
(c) It is proposed that officers con-
tributing to another Widows' and Orphans' Pension
Scheme may, at the discretion of the Governor
in Council, be excluded (Section 6). This
provision is desirable as officers transferred
from another Colony may prefer to continue their
contributions in the Colony from which they are
transferred, dr, it is said, in one case may be
compelled to continue their contributions, but
the provision is not very complete. Nothing
what
is said about/ happens if the officer ceases
to contribute to the external Scheme the
officer is given no option as to whether he
will contribute to the Hong Kong Scheme. (The
decision rests with the Governor in Council).
While the proposed amendment refers only to
contributions in any other British Possesion
or British Protectorate, it is a moot point
whe ther" any British Protectorate "includes
all mandated territories, and nothing is said
about British India. Something on the lines
of the Nigerian Ordinance would
of Section 43)
be preferable.
I observe that this does not
provide for increased contributions on the
increased salary which an officer presumably
receives on transfer. I understand that it
is a difficult matter to draft legislation
providing