CO129-504-16 Junior Cadet Officers of Hong Kong Civil Service- petition for revision of salaries 18-12-1926 - 6-7-1927 — Page 6

No 170.

Ausd 195

6 JUL 1927

Sir,

30163

RECEIVED

114MAY 1927

COL. OFFICE

6

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG,

7th April, 1927.

I have the honour to transmit a petition

for revision of their salaries from the eight Junior

Cadet Officers of the Hong Kong Civil Service not including

the 1926 1927 recruits.

2.

·

The argument based up on the salary - scales

obtaining in other Crown Colonies and in India appears to

me fallacious. Many factors besides mere salary go to

make up the attractions of a service. And if Hong Kong

has been unable to recruit her full quota of Cadets, Malaya

which is one of the Colonies contrasted by petitioners,

has been even less successful.

3.

Similarly the comparison between the Cadets and other branches of the Hong Kong Service appears to me

superficial. If the former start at a disadvantage, they

end with a great advantage. The highest non-cadet post

in the Education department has a maximum of £1,100. The

maximum for Medical Officers excluding the Principal Civil

Medical Officer is £1,000 and for Engineers the same, and

apart from the post of Director there are only four posts

in the Public Works Department rising to £1,200. Cadet

Officers if reasonably efficient rise by annual increments

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,

&C..

&c.

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