No. 393.
RECEIVED
14 AUG 1935
C. O.
1
1030
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG, 13th July, 1933.
Encl.No.1.
Encl.No.2.
Sir,
In accordance with Colonial Regulation No.203
I have the honour to transmit the accompanying petition from
Messrs. A. Jackson and J. L. Tetley, Assistant Government
Analysts, requesting that they may be provided with First
Class passages when travelling between Hong Kong and Great
Britain.
2.
It will be observed that General Order 178(2),
which is quoted by the petitioners in paragraph 5 of their
memorial, makes no reference to Senior Officers, nor was any
such reference intended. Former General Order 149(7), of
which a copy is enclosed, did contain such a reference with
the addition, however, of the words "The decision as to
whether any particular officer is to be considered a Senior
Officer
rests with the Governor". The present
General Order, which makes the class of passage dependent
solely on amount of salary, and not on status, avoids the
difficulties inherent in the former rule. At the same time,
in view of the heavy cost to Government of passages, due
mainly to the very liberal assistance granted in respect of officers' families, some curtailment of privileges hitherto granted was felt desirable in the interests of economy. In this connection I would invite attention to the proposal
contained
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
SIR P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER, G.B.E., M.C., M.P.,
&c.,
&c.,
&c.
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