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reconsider his decision contained in Form C above mentioned.
15. That if the conditions set forth in the preceding ·
paragraph are adopted a Police Officer is put in an impossible
position for example :-
(a) There are a number of officers now approaching
the age of 45 years who have expected to be in a position
to retire at 45 years of age, if they so wish. That if
they now have to give 3 years notice they will not be able
to retire until they are 48 years of age
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(b) At 42 years of age ( or more ), an officer may
expect promotion, in which case he would not give 3
years notice and thus prejudice his future.
(c) On attaining 45 years of age an officer may
have an offer of civil employment. But he cannot expect
to have such offer kept open for 3 years until his
notice shall have expired
(a)
On attaining 45 years of age an officer's health
may justify his early retirement
That Your Petitioners submit that an officer who wishes to
retire at 45 years of age should be able to do so on giving
three months notice
16. That the revised onions of service provide that
officers who joined since 1945 will be red an appointment
on probation to the permanent establishment, with effect from
1st January 1947. That this condition creates a hardship upon
those experienced officers, who were specially recruited in
London, from the Metropolitan and other Police Forces in the
British Isles, for the purpose of assisting in the reconstruction
of the Force. That these officers had as much as 15 years
pensionable service at Home, and most had about one years un-
recognised service in Hong Kong .That apparently this service is
now to be cast aside
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