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force to another with the consent of his Chief Constable and your Petitioners pray that this provision shall
be applied to those men who in 1945/46 transferred from Police Forces in United Kingdom to the Hong Kong
Police Force and that all their previous approved police service in United Kingdom may be counted in cal-
culating the pension to be awarded to them by the Hong Kong Government. That this may be permitted under
the regulations made under the Pensions Ordinance of Hong Kong No. 21 of 1932.
22. That Your Petitioners observe that under the new conditions of service salaries will be on a
Hong Kong dollar basis. That so long as the Hong Kong dollar is linked to Sterling Your Petitioners agree
to this arrangement, but they submit, that should this link be broken then salaries ought to revert to
Sterling.
23.
That the new terms based upon the Salaries Commission Report will commence on the 1st January
1947. That Your Petitioners respectfully submit that as the conditions were at least as bad on 1st May
1946 (when the Civil Administration resumed duties) as on 1st January 1947, and Your Petitioners had to
augment their salaries out of their private means during 1946, the new scale should commence on the earlier
date.
24. That this Petition covers many points which are of vital importance to the attainment of an
"adequately paid and contented Police Force".
Richard To round
St. Syles. J. Hill Seeprind
R. H. Foodhead.
COMMITTEE
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Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray that their full
Petition be carefully considered and with especial regard to:-
(a) Your Petitioners be given an opportunity to
reconsider the option given by the Government of Hong Kong
when this Petition has been decided.
(b) An increase of pay be granted to such officers as
elect to remain in the old agreements.
(c) That the present (new) scales of pay and allowances
be increased.
(a) That the Ex-Patriation Allowance be increased.
(e) That Police Service in the British Isles, and all
other Police service within the Colony prior to 1st Janu-
ary 1947 be taken into consideration for purposes of pay
and pension in Hong Kong.
(f) That their former pension rights and conditions
be restored.
And Your Petitioners will ever pray &c.
6.
I
Dated this
*7 day of
1948.
Talvi
hi
CHAIRMAN
Apps.
SECRETARY
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