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been specially trained since their initial appointment for
physical training work and it is felt that efficiency cannot
be maintained if new men have continually to be trained to
fill vacancies. It is this Government's ultimate aim to have
enough trained teachers, with additional qualifications in
physical training, to carry out physical training in the
schools as a part of their ordinary duties; a start has
already been made towards this end but it will be many years
before it can be achieved in all schools. In the meantime
the present class of Physical Training Instructors is
essential and the Director of Education advises that a
salary scale is needed which is sufficiently attractive to
keep them in service after their training and to give them a
reasonable status vis-à-vis the teachers of other subjects.
Although I would not go so far as the Director
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of Education, whose first proposal was that Physical
Training Instructors should be given, after completing their
training, a status and salary equal to that of Vernacular
Masters (namely, $900 to $1,650 by $150 annually; then $1,950
to $2,250 by $300; then $2,400 to $3,000 by $150 annually) or
Mistresses (namely, $720 to $2,400 by $120 annually), as the
case may be, I agree that some amelioration is desirable and
recommend that the following salary scale apply to the post
of Chinese Physical Training Instructor:- $600 to $840 by
$60 annually; then, on confirmation to the pensionable
establishment, $900 to $1,800 by $100 annually.
For the
post of Chinese Female Physical Training Instructor I
recommend $480 to $660 by $60 annually; then, on confirmation