CO129-498-22 Leave and passage rules- petition of Hong Kong government service senior officers for a relaxation... 29-6-1926 - 16-10-1926 — Page 14

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which his resident service falls short of 44 years bears to

four and a half years. That is to say should he go after 3

years he must contribute one third. The same applies to his

wife and children. That is to say a married officer is

required to pay the necessary proportion on each ticket which he requires.

For an officer who is concerned solely with

his own ticket (and who is not already maintaining his

family at home) this perhaps presents no great hardship, but

for one who is concerned with his wife's passage also it

becomes a more important consideration, while for one who

has children it generally presents an insurmountable obstacle

against taking early leave.

An officer, for example, who wishes to take

his wife home after 3 years' service will have to contribute

some £110 with a further £25 and more for each child entitled

to a half-fare. These are expenses which an officer already

shouldering heavy domestic liabilities for education,

insurance and so forth and faced, if he takes leave, with

loss of house and exchange privileges can least afford.

The tendency is therefore for the married man

to remain to carry on the service of the Colony while the

bachelor with fewer liabilities proceeds on leave.

We do not wish to ask for preferential

treatment, and yet we submit it is precisely the married man who has a very special and peculiar claim to considerat- ion. There inevitably comes a time when, in the interest

of the education and general well-being of his children, he finds it necessary to break up his home in the Colony and

send his wife and children to England. Thereafter he has the choice either, on his wife rejoining him, of leaving his children in stranger's hands or, leaving his wife with them, of accepting complete separation for himself. This is the

case

.TOXTOVOË

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