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Secretary of State.
DRAFT. TELEGRAM
GOVERNOR,
HONG KONG.
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IMMEDIATE
Addressed Governor Hong Kong No...
Repeated Governor-General Malaya (at Singapore)
No.
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FURTHER ACTION.
Repeated Governor Malayan Union No.
My telegram No.1976 repeated Governor-
General Malaya No. 800, Governor Singapore
No.1327, Governor Malayan Union No.1674.
Paragraph 3.
Hong Kong Salaries Commission. High cost
of living allowance.
1. Cost of living allowances are, I think it
must be accepted, designed mainly to prevent
officers from suffering undue hardship through
a temporary rise in cost of essential
commodities and services. Where an officer's
emoluments are already clearly sufficient to
protect him from such hardship a cost of living
allowance is difficult to justify and I
therefore suggest that cost of living allowances
in Hong Kong above $1499 per mensem should be
tapered off so as to disappear altogether at
about 21700 per annum. Before expressing a
final view on this matter I should be glad of
your