CO129-318 - Governor Sir Blake - 1903 [7-10] — Page 391

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Hon. Colonial Secretary,

In my minute of 27th. March, 1903, I

suggested that six years would be a long enough team to bind these men for.

Although according to the prospectus of the College of Medicine for the Chinese the students are required to serve the Government for three years after they have obtained the Licentiateship as this condition was only made in 1903 for

five years there will be no one available. It would be interest-

ing to know whether the students enrolled this year have signed

such an agreement as if not they cannot be expected to give three

years' service to the Covernment after obtaining their qualifica-

tion.

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2.

I think these Chinese Medical Officers

should be under some agreement; experience has shown that with-

out an agreement they will not hesitate to give notice to leave

in an emergency should they think that by so doing they would

secure an increase of pay.

They might be compeiled in the first in-

stance to serve for three years, at the end of this time, if

mutually agreeable, they should sign an agreement for another

three years and so on until they have served for 12 years.

3.

In C. 0. D. 239 of 1903 further informa-

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tion is desired on several points with regard to the pay, no

private practice is permitted. The range of pay for Officers in Hongkong is smaller than that given to Assistant Surgeons in

the Federated Malay States as this Colony is their home. In the

Federated Malay States, part of the salary may be regarded as inducement for them to settle in a foreign country. It is in- tended that the scheme should apply to all the Chinese Medical

Officers