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considerable objection to the other
changes which you have proposed.
5 6. As regards the question of
securing an adequate pension on retire-
ment, I would observe in the first place that
bearing in mind the stress which Ihan already ewing la the importance of uniformity,
to which I
principle
ready slłuded, any
de parking from
ection with a view to altering
the
pension system, which is in force in
other Colonies, where the climatic and
other conditions are comparable with
those in Hong Kong, should if possible
be considered generally and not with
Hong Kong
r
reference to a particular Colony, and
in any case, if an alteration is to be
量
made, it should be one which will not be
out of harmony with the general Colonial
practice.
As you are aware, the Colonies
etc., fall into three classes for pension
purposes:-
(1) "Healthy" Colonies, where the
pension rate is 1 th for each year
laid
on
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of