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If the case of the Hongkong Civil Service justifies the
Queering of the exchange for payment of starling salaries to the
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së-var normal rate of 1/98, to the $, surely the Haval and › 114 ary Lervious deserve equal consideration.
Fublic opinion in the Colony so strongly sympathises with the
I ustion there Services on the station that the Colonial 707-
lent has offered to pay 90% of the whole loss in exchange for
kus seriod of the war out of the public funds of the Colony, wherem
e decision referred to above falls far short of this redreas.
at generous offer is apparently declined under the new arrange-
iment, whilst instead of the teras offered by Hongkong the Gervices
na to suffer in material reduction in pay as compared with pre-
r times: further they are subject to greatly increased taxation
kit have to bear a material advance in the cost of living.
The same remarks apply to the Consular Services in China.
Vy Committee feel that H. k. Government cannot realise the
snjury that is being done to British interests in China by the
sigut state of affairs, or the nxtent to which advantage is taken
of it by our enemies to injure British prestige there. They would
ziverafora earnestly urge H. K. Government ta re-consider the whole
stion both as regarde the Haval and Kilitary and the Consular
Services, and would respectfully recommend that at the least, flo
Long Fovernment teras should be granted in all three geres, and
at these terms should be retrospective, in any case, from the
Finning of this year.
Hay we further venture to impress upon R. 1. Covernment that
mis question is very urgent, that it was first raised by our
Comittees in hins so long ago as 25th July and that the Pritish
Comunities in China will greatly appreciate an early and satisfac-
cy settlement.
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(Sgd) F. Anderson
Chairma
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