CO129-523-10 Pensionable status of officers appointed after attaining the age of 35 15-1-1930 - 1-4-1930 — Page 8

C. O.

Mr.

Mr.

Mr.

Mr. Bottomley.

Sir J. Shuckburgh.

Sir G. Grindle.

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. of S.

Secretary of State.

DRAFT.

should not normally be placed in

the pension cable extablestement of

they have reached an age

Evet

forty-five years

at itu

date of first appointment

I havecti

(Signed) PARSFIELD.

8

N CONFIDENTIAL (2).

My Lord,

RHOL

NZ

1**

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG, 15th January, 1930.

P.₤21232.

With reference to paragraph 3 of my open des-

patch No.31 of the 15th of January, 1930, I have the honour

to refer Your Lordship to my confidential despatch of the

16th of July, 1926, regarding Mr. H. K. Holmes, Crown

Solicitor, as an example of the departure of this Government

from its own rule as to the pensionable status of officers

joining its Service over the age of thirty-five.

I have the honour to be,

My Lord,

Your Lordship's most obedient,

humble servant,

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LORD PASSFIELD,

&c.,

&C.,

&c.

Governor, &c.

9

P

P

No 31.

RECEIVED

17 FEB 1930

OFFICE

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG, 15th January, 1930.

10

Aned

My Lord,

1.

I have the honour to address Your Lordship on

the subject of the pensionable status of officers in the

service of this Government who were appointed after attaining

the age of thirty-five.

2.

Since the year 1900 it has been, generally

speaking, the rule in the Colony that such officers shall be regarded as being on the temporary establishment and,

therefore, ineligible for pension under the ordinary rules, (though eligible for a retiring allowance of ths of full pension after 15 years) presumably on the ground that to grant full pension including tropical allowance for less than

full normal service would constitute an unfair charge on

public funds.

3.

The rule has, however, not always been rigidly

observed even locally and it has been necessary to depart

from it with some frequency in the case of officers over

thirty-five appointed from home who se letters of appointment

have been couched in the usual terms as regards confirmation

to the permanent establishment. The resultant inequality

of treatment naturally causes dissatisfaction among the

officers adversely affected, and in certain cases this

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LORD PASSFIELD,

&C.,

&C.,

&C.

Government

10Page 11