C.I.A.
1.
Extract from H.K. Salaries Commission Report.
(Orig 53723/47)
M.King.
You will remember that during
discussions
the
it
was
had
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the Salames Cammnissia
Sala. Commiss
pointed out that the f
recommended that
wan
should receive only 80% of the pay of many
usual practice in the
but that
the
U.K. and elsewhere
start at the
same
mon &
was for women to
salary, but,
through smaller increments a
тахийни
a woman's
salary is usually about
80% of a man's.
Before drafting a despatch to the
Governor, pointing this out and asking
I should be glad if
for his views,
could
you
a little
and
expand on the statement
quote
the figures of any
precedents etc.
1). B. Why te 14
D.
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:
Differentiation in the scales of men and
women in the higher salary ranges of the various
scales is intended to provide for the additional
expenses of the average man as his domestic
responsibilities increase. These responsibilities
are due to marriage and consequently do not
normally arise at the beginning of an officer's
career. It is reasonable, therefore, that to
begin with the pay of men and women should be
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