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Mr. Wallace
Mr.
Mr.
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Secretary of State:
Your Reference.......
Addressed Governor, Hong Kong, Immediate
DRAFT. CYPHER TELEGRAM
No.
Repeated Gov-Gen., Singapore, Immediate
GOVERNOR,
HONG KONG,
No.
11
Governor, Malayan Union, Immediate
No.
11
Governor, Singapore, Immediate
No
FURTHER ACTION.
Copies - Th.D.R.Serpell OBSE
Tressway Pn. Butters (1) Mr. King (P)
Hong Kong Salaries Commission.
Paragraph 3. of my telegram to
Governor-General, No.726 repeated to you as
No.1861.
I am now in a position to authorise
you to make a local announcement in the terms
set out in my immediately following telegram.
2.
As regards the points reserved for
further consideration, it may be desirable to
make some modification in the proposed time-
scales, especially the administrative, where
the £90 increment near the top is considered to
be unusually high.
3. In the case of the cost of living
allowance, which must in any case be reserved
in view of your telegram No.1784, doubts are
felt here as to the rates proposed for the
higher grades. It is also felt that there will
have to be a definite statement that the
allowances to be granted as the result of the
Commission's report will be subject to
periodical review, so that if the facts warrant,
it