CO129-503-6 Vacancies for schoolmasters- difficulty in filling posts- terms of appointment and service 17-3-1927 - 15-11-1927 — Page 72

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this connection it may be pertinent to

remark that similar (though not such

acute) difficulties have, in the past,

been encountered in connection with the

recruitment of candidates for the

Education Departments in Malaya where

the salaries (Time Scale $400

$800 a month equivalent to £560

maj

$25A -

$35

fl120, with a fair proportion of

-

attractive "super scale" posts, and

with temporary allowances of 10% on

salary for unmarried, and 20% for

married officers) are (at any rate on

paper) distinctly more attractive than

the salaries in liong Kong.

10. The "uncertainty hanging over

British subjects in China", if it has

in certain cases acted as a deterrent,

may be regarded as a transi tory

influence. I do not attach much weight

tothis. I am convinced that the

fundamental causes militating against

successful recruitment are to be found

in the points enumerated in paragraph 8

above.