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January 1930.
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-waren „y of State for the Colonies,
Bir.
In the matter of
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Hong Kong Citizens võibüb Civil bervants
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(a) bince 1927 many citizen employees have had Mu_baLaBY_IBUKA FONTO-SHATEVERY
while many, even more unfortunate, da Vá_IRQT_THLIK_JUNE_ALTUGATISK.
(b) Their life-savings « old-age provision-bare_laHitnup with the vanishingf;
They have no future but the WRKHOUSE
CIVIL SERVANTS
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17 that.
"{a}^^qvề"had"üsual large annual increments throughout slump & depression.
(b) Have had this largely incremented salary BASICALLY INCREASED AD from Jan30
50% above citizen scale. (c) bince van'30 the Treasury rate of exchange has FURTHER INCREAbba this 100%
300% above citizen scule, (d) save their huge quickly ferned pensione awaiting them, not in depreaisteds
but in &'a STEKLIW.
(e) Have by cas
rfuge endless privileges ~ perquisiten:
10 to 12 montha Vegation every_A3_or 2 years on FULL kaY, Unlimited berthg mathubh of (a) & (e), MONALLY, Civil bervants' salaries should be ŝ of Vitizenmå
NOT % (three) times greater,as at present.
vovernment pay, pension, pasquisites & privileges (for ex, giving unlimited
petrol to men, wives á families at 985 for which the oppressed Citizen paya.
out of Britain,. "Is utterly foreign to dritich justice, and is disprucing
ÔNO INCREASE, WIL,
INCREASE IN LIVING COSTS.
Meat, Pɛga; Vegetables, Wish, Local Wages, Phoes, Cloth, News papers, Tram a Buses kilk 6)*, Bread 20%, High Class Luxuries 25% to 75% All-round lacreate 25%
London price
H.K.price Foreign Goods, considerably Läbb than home prices 1.X. 21 London: $174 here=l6/6 bee Leading article in ki,K,"Daily Fress" 24/1/31, "Our amsing Dollar”, admittin that the purchasing power of the § is almost as great as it was a year ago.
GOVERNMENT SERVANTS will stress
s their legal right to full Sterling equivalent
SUT THEIR JULLAK HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ANAKED Julian, (SHEER SHYLOCKISM
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60%
(b) that their gu% inoressed pay will be used for the purchase of English
Goods, BUT ---- don't you, sir, believe it,Govt, wives are as oanny as any,
and the surplus#v☀ will go where the 100'■ of Juuu's of surplus went last year ----- INTO THE BAIK, and it takes some pass-book manipulation to dispose
of all
The Hong Kong FUBLIC will not be satisfied until those HUNDREDS OF THUŪBANUS OF NLLAHS (or is it VILLIONS?) OVERPAY through BASIC INCREASE & BACHANGE OUT OF FRUKORTION TO INCREASED LIVING COSTE, stolen from them in 1930 and now reposing in Civil Servants' BANKING ACCOUNTS) is refunded to the kublic purse, or in default, SUBTRACTED WITH INTEREST from FUTURE INCREMENID
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The
Hong Kong Fublic ask for JUSTICE ONLY
THE CIVIL SERVANTS
Sincerely,
IS THE SAME THING
AS THE CITIZENS INCREASE AND 1930 REMAINS.
(ONLY FROM JULY 1930)]
DOUBLE SALARY BUT CITIZENS NO INCREASE
TILL JULY & THEN ONLY
"CUT RATE
THE HOME REMITTANCE ADJUSTMENT
KESTORES
IN EFFECT AND IN PRACTICE. THE AWFUL WRONG OF 1930. IT WILL SOLVE THE
Jalon
LOCAL PASS-Book
BANKING DIFF! -
CULTY
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