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approval, I recommend that the post of 2nd. Clerk in the
Harbour Office rendered vacant by Mr. Guterres' promotion be
filled by the transfer of Mr. Ch'an Pui, Translator in the
Interpretation Department of the Registrar-General's Office,
and that he be allowed to draw the first increment of his new
post ($1,800 per anmm) from the date of his transfer to it.
His present salary is $1,500 plus $180 allowance for instruc-
tion of Student Interpreters rising to $1,800 on the 18th. of
July next with the same allowance. He would therefore lose by
the transfer. This is, however, justified by the fact that his
knowledge of the Chinese language is insufficient to make him
a really efficient Translator. He is an excellent clerk, has
over 16 years' service, and would he willing to accept the
transfer under the conditions stated.
9.
The initial additional expenditure involved
by the foregoing recommendations is $1,200 per annum. The
increase in subsequent years would be greater if the clerks
remain in the Department, but the advantage of getting men
to so remain is well worth the additional expenditure,
10.
If the new grading scheme is adopted for
the clerks in the Harbour and Mercantile Marine Offices it is
desirable that the Chinese writers in the Harbour Office, and
the clerks to the Marine Surveyor and to the Superintendent
of Imports and Exports should also be brought into the scheme.
This involes an immediate increase of $60 as shewn in the
attached statement and some comparatively small increases in
future years.
Enclosures.
11.
If you approve of the whole of the above
proposals which the Harbour Master considers would put the
clerical
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.