(See 53939/38).
In our semi-official letter
at 8, and again on page 5 of our despatch
at 12, we stated that there seemed little
point in reducing the Senior Mistresses
from £750 £740. The reason now given
is that it was worked out on the basis of
the arithmetrical proportion to the
corresponding Masters' salary (Senior Master
£1,050).
The relationship between the
Men's and Women's salary existing before 1936 has
been
is now being substantially restored.
As regards the complaint of the
graduate Mistresses that they are under a
disadvantage as compared with the non-graduate
Mistresses in that the latter enter the
Service earlier and therefore have a better
chance of the senior posts, the Governor states
that as this assumption does not accord with
the facts he does not feel able to make any
differentiation between graduates and
non-graduates.
The new salary scale does,
I think, go a long way to meet the legitimate
claims of the women teachers, and if they still
feel grievances I think it is up to them to
{ put them before the Secretary of State before
the normal channel.
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Reply s.o. expressing regret
at the delay in answering this letter; thank
the Governor for his views on this matter, agree
that the Hong Kong Government has gone a long
way