CO129-526-12 Proposals to raise additional revenue due to revised salary schemes- etc. 16-6-1930 - 23-2-1931 — Page 13

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG, 14th November, 1930.

My Lord,

I have the honour, in accordance with Colonial

Regulation 200, to forward the enclosed petition from the

General Committee of the Kowloon Residents' Association.

2.

Your Lordship will observe that the petition is

dated 26th May, 1930.

1930. At that date the question of adopting

the recommendations of the Salaries Commission was approaching

its final stage and as it appeared impossible that Your

Lordship's decision on that question could be influenced by the

present petition which indeed contained nothing new, I decided

to defer action until after the debate in legislative Council

of 19th June and also until the Government's action in

appointing a Retrenchment Commission had been publicly

announced.

3.

The Association was accordingly asked in July

whether it still wished that the petition should be forwarded

in view of subsequent developments and on 21st August its

reply was received that after careful consideration by its

Committee this action was desired.

A.

The necessary duplicate copies of the petition

were received by the Government on 4th November.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LORD PASSFIELD,

&C.,

&C.,

&c.