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considered in the light of his service
in his present post.
5. His apprehensions regarding the
retiring age are not fully understood,
but they probably arise from the
recommendations made by the recent Hong Kong
Salaries Commission that the Hong Kong
Government should have the right, if
necessary, to require an officer to
retire at the age of 45 and that the
officer should have the reciprocal right
S to retire at that age if he so wished.
This recommendation is still under
consideration and no decision about it
has yet been taken. A further point in
his letter which appears to be quite at
variance with the facts is the statement
that under the Salaries Commission Report his
police service in Hong Kong prior to
1.1.47 is not to be recognised. On both of
these points the observations of the
Governor of Hong Kong are being sought and
I will write to you again when they are
received.
Yours sincerely,