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the general /
principle has been adopted that all officers,
including both those in the service before the outbreak of
hostilities in the Pacific and those recently appointed, are
deemed to have been on a salary of £260 per annum at the age
of 26 years, but in order to preserve the existing order of
seniority in the Force, which has been determined by promot-
ion between grades, adjustments in certain cases have been
necessary « Salaries at the rates are payable with effect
from 1st January, 1946. The pension or gratuity of any
officer who elects to retire now will be based on these
salaries. A temporary non-pensionable high cost of living
allowance is at present payable in accordance with Secretariat
Circular No. 30.
11.
All members of the Force will appreciate that the
scheme of reorganisation will place greater demands than
formerly upon the European members of the Force. A very high
standard of conduct and efficiency will be demanded by the
Hong Kong Government from the reorganised Force: These facto-
rs should be carefully borne in mind by members of the Force
who are now given the option of retirement,
12.
Your salary assessed on the above principles is £475
per annum and your position in the Seniority List is as shown
on the list published in Police Orders:
NOTE:-
This Memorandum was unsigned and undated but was
received on the 19th December 1946.