owing to the drop in the exchange value of the dollar,
ib cannot be represented that the increase is
proportionately so great as will be the increase in
the dollar pay of sterling paid officers if the
recommendations of the Commission are carried out. We
desire to quote examples of the effect of the full
application of the Commissioners' recommendations,
taking three senior posts and three subordinate posts,
as shown in the Hongkong Civil Service List and in the
Estimates for 1930.
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