CO129-422 - Governor Sir May - 1915 [5-6] — Page 221

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To His Excellency Sir Francis Henry May, K.C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief

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That this petition is not in any sense an expression of discontent on the part of

a small proportion of this Police Force, but that it is presented to Your Excellency as expressing the unanimous feeling of the men of the above ranks in the Force. It is the unanimous opinion that the present condition of the Force is entirely unsatisfactory. The pay is wholly inadequate, and the quarters are utterly unfit for Europeans.

Men recruited from Police Forces at home consider that they have been brought

to Hong Kong under false pretences, as the true conditions are far different to what was represented to them at home. The following reforms are considered quite reason- able, and it is suggested to Your Excellency that they be carried out with all possible

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Your petitioners ask that an increase of £30 per annum be made in the pay of all Crown Sergeants, Lance Sergeants, and Constables. Increments and allowances to remain as at present. The question of pay, your petitioners recognize is one which is constantly arising between employers and employed, and that sometimes demands are regularly and groundlessly made in the hope that something more may be obtained: but your petitioners' case is founded on the real inadequacy of the present rate, an inadequacy which petitioners can prove on enquiry, but refrain from burdening this petition with in detail. The last alteration made in the pay of the Police took place in January, 1913, and was the result of a petition submitted in January, 1912. This alteration was altogether unsatisfactory, as the younger members of the Force received no benefit at all, and the very slight increase which was granted to the older men did not compensate them for the allowances which were cut down and curtailed in every direction. When the new scheme was explained to the mea they had no alternative