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Enclosure No. 2
No. 1 in 3515/1925
Sir,
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG
11th December, 1929.
I have the honour to refer to Sir Hugh
Clifford's despatch No.3 in Fed. Sec.S.2284/1929 dated 30th September, 1929, on the subject of the proposed transfer to the service of this Government of Dr. R. B. Jackson and Mr.
Deb and to state that the regulations of the Hong Kong
Government in the matter of pensions, leave and passages differ so materially from those of Your Excellency's Government that I fear it is impracticable to guarantee to Dr. Jackson on transfer exactly the same advantages in these
respects as he enjoys in his present service.
2.
The matter of pension is perhaps of no very
great moment, as the difference lies chiefly in a later retiring age, viz., 55 years instead of 50, and Dr. Jackson being already over the latter age, is presumably desirous of
On continuing in service for at least a further five years. the general basis of calculation the pension rules of our
th of salary
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Governments appear to be identical, viz.,720
for each month of net service with a tropical allowance of
60
40ths of
720ths, subject to a maximum of £1300 per annum or 60
salary, whichever is the less. But Hong Kong officers of this class have recently received the right of counting
His Excellency
The High Commissioner
for the Federated Malay States,
KUALA
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their
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their privileges in the matter of rent as a pensionable
allowance equivalent to 1th of their actual retiring
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salary or £200 per annum, whichever is the less,
subject always to the above maxima. Dr. Jackson's
final salary for purposes of pension under the
.continuous pension scheme would include this concession.
3.
There appear, however, to be very wide
divergences between the Hong Kong and Malayan rules
for leave and passages. Copies of the more important
of the Hong Kong rules in these matters are enclosed.
It must be understood that, while there is no reason
whatever to anticipate such a step, the Secretary of
State has laid it down that all passage privileges may
be withdrawn on a year's notice being given.
4.
The provisions of the last of the rules
forwarded above would seem to give Dr. Jackson
reasonable prospects in the matter of passages and, as
regards leave, I am prepared, subject to the approval
of the Secretary of State, to allow Dr. Jackson to count
any balance of resident service qualifying for leave
which he may have on transfer, up to a maximum of
two years as service qualifying for leave under this
Government. Your Excellency will no doubt have
observed that the Colonial Regulation dealing with the
accumulated leave of transferred officers has been
omitted from the new edition of the Regulations.
5.
The position regarding salary is
complicated by the fact that the salaries of the Hong
Kong Service have just been considered by a Commission
and final recommendations thereon have yet to be
formulated for submission to the Secretary of State.
I am, however, prepared to assume in Dr. Jackson's
case that the general basis of the Commission's
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Report will be accepted and to offer him the (revised)
maximum salary assigned to a Senior Medical Officer, viz., £1280 per annum. This will be supplemented during service
in the Colony (but not on leave) by a non-pensionable allowance of 15% to meet the high cost of living, the whole being convertible, during resident service, into local
s.d.
currency at $1.00
higher, and at the average actual rate calculated monthly
2/0. when exchange is at that figure or
when exchange is below that figure.
6.
To Mr. Deb I am prepared to offer a (revised) salary on the scale of £260 to £350 by five annual increments of £10 and two of £20 with 15% high cost of living allowance convertible as stated in the preceding paragraph. This is the scale assigned to 2nd Class Sanitary Inspectors who in this service are at present all Europeans.
that Mr. Deb is married. If that is not the case, the high
It is understood
cost of living allowance will be 71% instead of 15%.
7.
For leave and passages Mr. Deb will receive
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the privileges set out in the enclosed copies of the Hong
Kong regulations and I am prepared to recommend him for the same concession in the matter of accumulated leave as Dr.
Jackson. The half-pay leave mentioned in General Order 146 (2) may be commuted to full pay for half the period in
question.
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Dr. Jackson will be eligible for partially furnished Government quarters at a rental of 7% of salary or if (as is probable) these are not available, for a rent allowance equal to actual rent paid (subject to a maximum of $200 per mensem) less 6% of salary, provided he actually rents a house or flat. The lodging allowances at present granted in respect of residence in hotels and clubs have been
recommended
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