in his letter is not relevant to his case.
3. As regards the question of the Palestine Police Spien Policeman to which he makes reference in his
point No.6, Mr. Brawn is under a misapprehension. The position is that the Palestine Police personnel who have been, or are to be, absorbed into the Metropolitan and other Police Forces have not
had their previous service taken into account
All that has for purposes of rank or seniority.
been done is to take their previous service into
account for purposes of determining the point
It is, I
of entry into the Home Police scale.
think, pertinent to remark here that on this point there can be little comparison between the two
cases, since the Palestine Police concerned are
redundant on account of the withdrawal from Palestine
whereas Mr. Brawn voluntarily left his Home Police
appointment to take up a Colonial career.
Mr. Brawn
case
4. I can assure you that the position of this man
as regards pension, pay and seniority, has been, and is still, under very careful consideration, having
regard to the views of the Government of Hong Kong.
As regards his initial salary on entering the Hong
Kong Police Dept I do not consider that a
,
has been made out for departing from the approved
methods of calculation which were used in the
assessment of this and accepted by him when he
was appointed. As regards seniority, Mr. Brawn
is on a common basis with other members of the
Inspectorate (many of whom have longer service)
and his suitability for promotion can only be
considered
;