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CHAPTER II.
PERMANENT EMOLUMENTS.
Historical Summary.
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The last general revision of salaries was made as a result of the Report of the Salaries Commission appointed under the chairmanship of Sir Henry Gollan, K.C., C.B.E., in October, 1928, but sterling salaries applicable in the main to officers in the Unified Colonial Services were revised between 1937 and 1939. Officors in these grades appointed before 1st April, 1937, wore given the option of continuing to draw the salaries fixed as a result of the 1928 Salarics Commission or of transferring to the now scales which came to be known in Hong Kong as the African scales. On promotion such officers came on to these new scales which were in general less favourable to them than the scales recommended by the 1928 Commission. All sterling paid officers of the grades affected who were appointed after 1st April, 1937, were placed on those new scales.
Salaries and Allowances since the Re-Occupation.
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Since the reoccupation of the Colony in September, 1945, the salary scales existing in December, 1941, have, in general, been retained throughout the public service with the exception of those for non- gazetted officers in the Police and certain officers in the Fire Brigade whose salaries were revised during 1946. A certain number of new posts and additional grades have been created since the reoccupation. To meet the greatly increased cost of living, officers on the lower scales of pay have been granted the high cost of living allowances which they were drawing in December, 1941, together with a rehabilitation allowance which has varied monthly with the cost of certain staple commoditios included in the Food and Fucl Index issued by the Labour Officer. On the resumption of civil government in May, 1946, a cost of living allowance was introduced for the whole service, varying from 50% of salary for married officers on salaries of £420 and undor to approximately 20 at £1000 and tapering off to £50 at £1700 beyond which point no allowance was payable. Officers who would benefit by drawing 1941 high cost of living allowance and rohabilitation allowance instead of the new cost of living allowance were allowed to continue to draw those two allowances.
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As the result of numerous resignations, particularly of members of the Junior Clcrical Scrvico and lower paid technical officers and gonoral dissatisfaction with Government emoluments, a Committee was set up in August, 1916, under the chairmanship of Mr. T. Mcgarry to review departmental establishments and to make recommendations for readjustments in the rates of the temporary high cost of living and rehabilitation allowances then payable to any class or grade of Government employees whose current salaries and allowances might be found to be inadequate to meet the cost of living appropriate to their class or grade. the result of this Committee's recommendations certain grades of officers were granted temporary additional allowances to assist them to balance their budgets.
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