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the option of the Government, a high cost of living
allowance.
Is it the Chamber's considered opinion that
It is
these posts will be overpaid at this figure?
difficult for me to believe that this can be so taking into
account the scale of remuneration paid to certain men in
commercial employ. Considering the training required by
the Cadet officers it seems to me that if the Government
are to continue to attract recruits of the required
standard the pay mentioned, which is reached only after
many years of service, cannot be considered too high.
(8) As regards salaries which are suggested
for Cadets under paragraph 41, it might be helpful for the
general purpose of comparative standards if I advised you
what young men recruited from England for the Office of
the Union Insurance Society of Canton, Ltd., receive.
The following salaries are paid during the first, second
and third years of their Eastern service, £420, £456 and
£492. In these figures I have included the amounts which
are placed to the credit of their Provident Fund Accounts
so they do not receive the whole payment in cash.
actual cash received is £332.10.0, £361, and £389.10.0.
These salaries are drawn upon the basis outlined under
paragraph 12 of the Commission's Report.
The
The men come out
East usually from 20 to 24 years of age and are previously
trained for a few years in the Society's London Office.
Taking into account the training which the
Cadets receive I do not consider that the scale laid down
by the Commission can be considered excessive.
(9) As regards servants of the Government
receiving Dollar salaries there are, owing to the decline
in the sterling value of the Dollar, additional reasons
why the recommendations of the Salaries Commission should
be put into effect. I merely mention this in passing and
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