[456B] Wt. 32483/800 100m. 11/48 C.N.Ld, 748
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Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. S.
Minister of State
Secretary of State
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We have not yet considered the salary, but some indication
of the kind of salary that might be appropriate in
relation to the salaries of other posts in the Hong Kong
Government may be afforded by the following particulars
of certain Heads of Departments (expressed in sterling and
pensionable):-
Basic Salary.
Expatriation
pay.
Colonial Secretary
£2400 plus
£335
Financial Secretary
£1900
£335
Secretary for Chinese
Affairs
£1900
It
£335
Attorney General
£2000
#t
£335
Director of Medical
Services
£1800
£310.
FURTHER ACTION.
in addition a cost of living allowance is payable which
for the above officers (if married with children) amounts
at present to £660 p.a.
It looks therefore as though a basic salary something of
the order of £1,900 if pensionable or something higher if
on short-term non-pensionable contract, but comparable to a
pensionable salary of that figure, would be the sort of
figure the Hong Kong Government would probably contemplate;
expatriation pay and cost of living allowance in line with
the figures quoted above would of course also be payable.
If you think we should have to go substantially above that
sort of figure to get a good man perhaps you would let me
know.
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