CO129-504-9 Pensions of government officers- improvement of terms 11-3-1927 - 21-11-1927 — Page 11

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NO CONFIDENTIAL.

Sir,

RECEIVED

13 APR 1927

COL. OFFI

10

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG, 11th March, 1927.

I have the honour to address you on the

subject of the pensions of officers of the Hong Kong

Government.

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The inadequacy of the pensions at present

obtainable by members of the Government Service has been

urged upon my notice by some of the senior members of the

service and the matter has been the subject of much careful consideration by my advisers and myself. The fact is that few officers under existing conditions are able to reach

of their final salary, and senior officers at the present

time regard it as inevitable that they must remain till 60

unless ill health absolutely prohibits it, in order to obtain as large a pension as possible to meet their expenses

on retirement. The two senior members of the Cadet Service

should they retire at 55 in the year 1929 after 32 years service would be entitled to a pension of only about £900

a year on their salaries of £1500 a year which they have

been drawing since 1920, and they would have to remain till

close on 60 to obtain a pension of £1000 a year. I have

quoted two of the most favourable normal cases, and it must

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

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

&c.,

&C.,

&c.

be