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The question of marriage restriction was
recently raised in the case of Mr. Nicoll (see
28756 Eastern). He had been informed in the
usual way in the offer of appointment that it was
ed
in advisable consider y cederous for an officer to marry until placed on the pensionable establishment, and
asked whether this meant a complete prohibition of
marriage. We, of course, had to answer that it
did not mean this and was merely a warning that he
might find his salary hardly sufficient for himself
and his wife. The form of words adopted in the
offer to Mr. Nicoll and other Education Officers
appears to be based on the decision in 28179/27
which related primarily to the conditions inserted
in the memorandum of our educational appointments in
Malaya. This decision was followed in the case of H.K. (see 30073/27, memorandum on terms of appt. of Assistant Masters in H..). The wording adopted
in the H.K. memo. made it clearer that the statement
was in the nature of a warning and not a prohibition.
and I notice that in the offer of apot. of Assistant
And, lunii asters to H.K. which has subsequently been adopted
in start.
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(specimen herewith). no reference to the desirability
of remaining unmarried is included.
It is obvious in the first place that we
ought to adopt the same policy in both H.K. and Malaya, and if we warn newly appointed officers in the
one case we ought to do so also in the other.
Alternatively we ought not to warn either, and I am
disposed to think this is the best solution. The
starting salaries in the various Govt. services
are generally understood to be salaries suitable for
young