HOME OFFICE, WHITEHALL,S.W.1.
21st January, 1947.
Copy.
576652/74
The Secretary,
Joint Central Committee,
Police Federation of England & Wales,
90 Malden koad,
den, Surrey.
176
ith reference to your letter of 10th October submitting a number of complaints made by British police officers in Hong Kong, I am directed by the Secretary of state to inform you that the Secretary of tate for the Colonies has received from the Governor of Hong Kong the further report referred to in the Home Office letter of 18th November. Extracts from his report, referring to the outstanding matters of complaint (e) (f) (g) (j) and (k) mentioned in your letter are as follows:-
(e) The statement that sick leave granted on
account of injury on duty or otherwise is deducted from the long leave due every five years is incorrect. There is no specified limit to the amount of sick leave which way be granted. In cases of extcnded periods of absence through sickness, the normal procedure is for the officer to be examined by a Medical Board to ascertain whether he should proceed on leave to a temperate climate or be invalided from the Service.
(f) The Comissioner of Police of Hong Kong
has discussed with representatives of the Force the question of the time spent attending court when off duty. The attention or the representatives was invited to the necessity for working longer hours than would normally be re uired owing to the shortage of staff
/and