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of living
in Singapore is higher than Hong Kong, but it is
definitely not twice as high. With such a salary there
is no need to pinch and scrape to save money to go
The salary,
Home on leave as we are obliged to do.
itself, is sufficient to cover all leave expenses.
It may be of interest to note that Police
work the whole world over is similar, but the work of
the Straits Settlements Police officer can be said to
be identical with the work done by us, as the conditions
in both Colonies are, to all intents and panposes, the
same. If there is a disadvantage, it is held by us,
inasmuch as we work under the much revised and contin-
ually changing Regulations and Ordinances of Hong Kong
whilst the Straits Settlements law is administered
under the Indian Penal Code, which is a more concise
and easier Code of Law than ours.
Because of working in more trying climates
with usually a higher cost of living, it is customary and right that Government Servants serving abroad are
better paid than their equivalents working in England.
But we find that, though the rest of the Hong Kong Government Services are so paid, we, although starting
at a salary very slightly in excess of the Home Police,
are only receiving £240 after 10 years' service, which
is less than many of the Home Police with the same
period of service.
We beg to point out to Your Excellency the peculiar position that the "A" Contingent of the Police
Force occupies in relation to the whole Force.
In a
Police Force comprised entirely of Europeans each man
pulls his own weight and takes his full share of
responsibility.
With us,
on the contrary, we have to
carry the native sections in all Police work beyond
minor infractions of the law, and we have to be