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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG.
7th July, 1938
Sir,
I have the honour to inform you that I have under
consideration certain adjustments in the salaries of Chinese
Medical Officers employed by the Medical Department. Without
some improvement in their prospects, this Government is in
real danger of losing the services of some of the most
experienced and best trained men in this class. I am aware
that my proposals will, in effect, reduce the interval
between the salary scales of European Medical Officers and
those of the more highly qualified Chinese Medical Officers,
but I am satisfied that it remains more economical to retain
the services of the latter at slightly higher rates than to
replace them with European Officers.
2.
The present scale of salary for Asiatic Medical and
Health Officers is $4,500 to $7,500 by annual increments of $300, with an exception in the case of Dr. Yeo, Chinese Health
Officer, who was recruited in the United Kingdom and is on a
special scale of $5,700 to $8,400 by annual increments of
$300, as set out under Head 22 of the printed copy of the 1938
Estimates.
3.
My first suggestion is that Medical or Health
Officers appointed as first or second assistants to a
University Unit should be allowed to count such service as
seniority, as far as salary is concerned, if they
subsequently join the Medical Department of the Government
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
MALCOLM MACDONALD, M.P.
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