(only two would actually get a pension: 6 or 8 others would be eligible for gratuities
ons
under the Pensions Regulations.
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Mr. Vernon brought ir. King along to see
Colonial Service Department when he called the other
day.
He told me that he and his Staff were
nervous about their position on the transfer of the wireless services to the Company.
He doubted whether in the fact the Company would want to take on any of the European Staff (or anyhow to keep them on for any length of time) because they had a good many redundant people in their own employment whom they might want to put in to Hong Kong.
Mr. King thought that whatever offer the Company might make to Hong Kong officials the latter should have the option of abolition terms, free repatriation, and some leave with full pay to enable them to look round for alternative employment.
There were two Straits-domiciled Chinese
officials whom Hong Kong had taken over after a period of seconding from the Straits Service, and these would presumably have terms which would include repatriation to Malaya.
There were some 70 Asiatic Staff in the
Hong Kong Government Wireless Service, who were not on the pensionable establishment, but to whom I gathered local regulations were applicable which provided
for gratuities on termination of their agreements.
The Company might want to take them on, or some of
them, but they would presumably have a claim to the
gratuity on termination of their Government contracts.
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