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The Cables which ascertainl

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your

tables, it clear that officers

serving in different Departments in

Hong Kong have different periods of

probation. It would seem to be a

matter for consideration whether the

period of probation should not be of

uniform duration, as is indeed the

case throughout East Africa (except on

the Kenya and Uganda Railway) and through-

out West Africa and Malaya. There would

be no objection to the adoption of a

general probationary period of either

two or three years.

(d) IV. New scales for other officers

of unified service status.

The scales proposed seem generally

suitable but/Attention is drawn to the

following points of detail:-

(i) Table IIIA on page 26 (Heads

of Smaller Departments and Sub-departments

and Deputies). A fixed salary might be

allotted to the post of Analyst, say

£1,100.

(We do not

mind whether it is 2 or 3)

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(ii)

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