Secretary of State/
2.
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If the principles are (1) (2) (3) as set out in
this paragraph, then they conflict with the cause for necessity of the reorganisation. We wish to point out, that in the matter of "economy"
how is it that the Gazetted ranks have been considerably increased,
especially from outside the Colony, also since the inception of the
reorganisation scheme. Why, if the gazetted ranks required to be
increased weren't these Officers selected from the non-gazetted ranks
or from Local recruitment. This would most certainly effect the
economy" required by the Authorities.
Recently, High Officers of State have, by state-
ments made, led us to believe that a levelling up was to be the rule
throughout the Colonial Empire and no less than Mr. G:H.HALL, when
Secretary of State for the Colonies, in his letter of October 1945
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addressed to each of us (copy attached at ), assured us that we
would receive the full and sympathetic consideration which we are due.
These assurances received, we feel should be applied.
We feel that the salary scale for the non-
gazetted ranke has not been readjusted, for, in the normal course
of events we would, with a few possible exceptions, now be drawing
This salaries on a par as set out in para. 9 of the Memorandum.
would only be what we might reasonably have expected to receive.
However, as we are now living in a Post War
world and especially here in HONG KONG where we are assisting to
restore the Civil Establishment which was totally destroyed by the
occupational forces of the enemy, also with the world wide Post War
unsettled state of affairs which will exist for many years to come,
we reasonably expected that the salary scheme would be one more in
keeping with the times and conditions than that now offered us.
It will readily be seen that an Officer of retiring age, 1.e., 45 years of age, who is on the pre-war maximum salary of
Pounds 535, the same as laid down in the proposed salary scheme,
will retire with a pre-war pension to live in a post
war world.