C. O.
Mr.
Mr.
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Pensions in the case of all
Mr.
officers appointed to the Tropical
Sir C. Parkinson.
Sir G. Tomlinson.
Sir C. Bottomley.
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
Permi. U.S. of S.
African Dependencies on the revised
scales will be calculated in
ths.
600
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
8. I suggest that in the light
of the information now furnished it
DRAFT.
FURTHER ACTION.
should be possible to draw up revised
scales for new entrants to the unified
corresponding
and other branches of the service in
Hong Kong. In this connection, there
are certain matters in particular to
which I would invite your attention:-
(a) Currency. In my view unless
view,
the local currency is sterling or (as
in the case of Tropical Africa) directly
linked to sterling, all salaries in a
preferably
Colony should be expressed in the local
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currency. I am aware of the previous
history of this question in Hong Kong,
and I realise that the question is a
controversial one. It is clear, however,
as a general principle, that the
expression