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were increased, in many cases by very considerable amount, and that it was then laid down by the Secretary of state that, in return for the benefit accruing to the holders of those offices, they would be required, when on leave, to forego twopence in Every dollar
Of then pay-12 that they hould receive 4/ instead of 4/2 per dollar. In the case of those offices, however, which did not participate in the benefit referred to (of which mine was one), the love pay remained unaltered.
3. It would now appear that the Government of Hong Kong has decided that the pranting of bachange Compensation to the entire Service is to entail on those of its
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members who were not fortunate enough to benefit by the former increase a loss of
tivo pence per dollar on their leave pay, but this I can hardly imagine to have been the intention of the Secretary of state, the deduction referred to in parapast 2 having made in consequence of a substantial increase to the salarie of those affected by it, and nothing having yet been granted to the fees who did not participate in that increase which has not also been granted to the
In other words, I many who did.
do not believe that His Lordship intended the granting of Exchange Compensation to sutail a certain amount of loss on a
minority but nous on Ke majority of the
Service.
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