As regards the conditions of Government
service generally in Hong Kong, there has been
some uifficulty experienced here in filling
Hong Kong vacancies, but that was not due
primarily to the salaries offered. The Crown
Agents have
little aifficulty in filling the
vacancies for policemen etc for which the pay
offered is not excessive.
We are approaching a period of financial
difficulty in Hong Kong as the revenue is not
very elastic and the Colony has probably been
living beyond its means. It will only stave
off the day of reckoning if the Governor is
allowed to have recourse to large loans, which
is the course he favours.
? Acknowledge receipt and request that the
petitioners be informed that their petition
has been carefully considered; that while it is
not now possible to reconsider the decision to
adopt the main recommendations of the Salaries
Commission, the facts the petitioners have
submitted in regard to the general position
in Hong Kong, will be borne in mind when
considering the recommendations of the Retrench-
ment Commission from whose labours, it is hoped,
substantial savings may result.
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