CO129-424 - Governor Sir May - 1915 [9-10] — Page 194

Enclosure 1.

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To The Right Honourable

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The Secretary of State for the Colonies. REG || NOV 15)

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Te, the European Inspectors, Sergeants, and Con-

-stables of the Hongkong Police Force, respectfully beg to submit

a copy attached here with of a memorandum addressed by His Excellenc;

the Governor to us relative to a petition which we sent in recent- -ly asking for an increase of salary, and better pension conditions, and in doing so we beg most respectfully to draw your attention to

the following facts which we hope will convince you that our petition was submitted to you in an unfavourable manner by His

Excellency the Governor and in the hope that when you are made

aware of the full facts we may still hope for a more satisfactory

reply.

Regarding B, C, D, E, F, and G of Memorandum we

have nothing to say as we accept what His Excellency says in the

matter.

As regards (a) salaries and pensions

Firstly.

.....We would point out that His Excellency

the Governor, in order to gain his point in refusing us a rise of pay, has classified our Chief Inspector on a level with a Sub-

-disional Inspector in London. In London tuere are 30 Unief

Inspectors in a force of 47,000. In Hongkong there is one Chief Inspector in a force of 1,100 men. At the time we joined the Hongkong Police, our Chief Inspector meld the rank of Acting Deputy Superintendent, Hongkong, and it is on record that a Hong- -kong Police Chief Inspector has held and draw the pension of

that rank vide Blue Book 144 of the 13th. June, 1u95. We Inspectors feel keenly being thus humiliated and barred by His Excellency from

obtaining a rank equivalent to Chief Inspector and Superintendent,

in the uniform branch, and 1st. class Inspector, and Chief

Inspectar in the Criminal Investigation Department, of the

Letropolitan Police. In the Metropolitan Police the men who hold