CO129-509-4 Hong Kong Government officers- conditions of service and pensions 20-1-1928 - 17-9-1928 — Page 9

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considerable objection to the other

changes which you have proposed.

5 6. As regards the question of

securing an adequate pension on retire-

ment, I would observe in the first place that

bearing in mind the stress which Ihan already ewing la the importance of uniformity,

to which I

principle

ready slłuded, any

de parking from

ection with a view to altering

the

pension system, which is in force in

other Colonies, where the climatic and

other conditions are comparable with

those in Hong Kong, should if possible

be considered generally and not with

Hong Kong

r

reference to a particular Colony, and

in any case, if an alteration is to be

量

made, it should be one which will not be

out of harmony with the general Colonial

practice.

As you are aware, the Colonies

etc., fall into three classes for pension

purposes:-

(1) "Healthy" Colonies, where the

pension rate is 1 th for each year

laid

on

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