CO129-462 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1920 [7-10] — Page 71

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These Officers were formerly Overseers, but reamt experi ence has shown that appointments are being made from outside, and that the prospect of my of your Petitioners being promoted to any of these posts is extrmaly remote.

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Your Petitionere submit that the areation of this new class which is prastically alased to then, is unjust to them, and un- necessary in the interests of the Public Service, sa your rati- tioners have all the qualifications necessary for filling these posts and are now doing similar work to the officers holding them. The result is that your Petitioners have now lost all -- prospect of promotion beyond the £360 salary limit.

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Apart from the question of these special posts your Petitioners are profoundly disappointed at the new scale as the cost of living, which increased during the Var, has, in Hongkong an in other parts of the world, contimied to rise since the amisties and appears to be still rising, whereas the proposed new seale of salaries is in some ensos less than the existing soale and in other cases shows a rise so mall as to be ingon- siderable, as shown in the following table,

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$225.05

Balary Peña Salary p.a. Salary pan. Salary pate Salary 224 Salary £270 Balary £20 Salary 2230

$187.58

$215.68 $253.19

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Contribution

8.44

$236.61

$245.20

7.03

$180.52

$207,59