for all to/
6.
give their best since a feeling of uncertainty exists.
To offset this a revision of salary, which will restore or rather
bunish the unhappy feeling, is essential.
However, such a revision
has to be one which can be fairly applied to existing and prospective
conditions.
We feel that notice should be taken of the public
expressions and we quote from the "public pulse", the Leader and
contributed articles in the local press.
Their first and foremost attribution is that the
Police Faroe, the guardians of the public, the corner stone of
peace and security, are underpaid, also that an inference is cast
where the underpaid by corruption make ends meet. This may not
be entierly the truth, for the Police Force as a body has not yet
been convicted for corruption. This is a reflection and a most
Nevertheless public
damning obstacle to honest econɑry.
opinion is one to be carefully studied and it more or less demands
that its Police Force receive a remuneration which will lift its
name, and the name of the Colony, out of the rut in which it now
reposes.
During internment, the public in general got a chance to
see its Police Faroe in another light, especially the non-gazetted
ranks who by their endeavours made life in the camp really bearable.
Tasks, no matter how hard, were overcome by their work, so much
so, when liberties of gatherings were permitted, we had many leading
members of the HONG KONG Business and Social communities in their
lectures, talks and addresses, praised the Police Force and made
promises that they would be failing in their duties if they did not
see to the welfare of the Police Officers when hostilities ceased.
To-day they repeat those sentiments and are aghast at the idea that
after 16 months of freedom the Pre-War officer is still on a Pre-War
pay as compared with newly recruited men drawing much larger salaries and
who have no local experience. Those who have heard of the proposed
new scale of salaries and seniority roll and how it affects the Pre-War
officers, are left with amazement. Their murmurings are unprintable
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